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I really need to get some sleep.
Sleep is a naturally recurring state of mind and body
It's really hard to define sleep but that is a solid one. | Sleep
Sleep is a naturally recurring state of mind and body, characterized by altered consciousness, relatively inhibited sensory activity, reduced muscle activity and inhibition of nearly all voluntary muscles during rapid eye movement (REM) sleep, and reduced interactions with surroundings. It is distinguished from wakefulness by a decreased ability to react to stimuli, but more reactive than coma or disorders of consciousness, sleep displaying very different and active brain patterns.
Sleep occurs in repeating periods, in which the body alternates between two distinct modes: REM sleep | distinct brain regions.
Sleep function.
The need and function of sleep are among the least clearly understood areas in sleep research. When asked, after 50 years of research, what he knew about the reason people sleep, William C. Dement, founder of Stanford University's Sleep Research Center, answered, "As far as I know, the only reason we need to sleep that is really, really solid is because we get sleepy." It is likely that sleep evolved to fulfill some primeval function and took on | 4,300 | wow-train |
Have you ever heard of Algeria?
Yes it is an african country, on the MEditerranean coast.
Yes, that's right! Have you ever been to Africa or the Mediterranean Coast?
No, nor other countries bordering Algeria, like Morocco, or Libya.
I haven't either. I think it would be a fascinating adventure.
Yes, it has a rich history involving the Numidians, Phoenicians and the Romans.
I bet they have some pretty amazing museums depicting their rich history.
Most of them must be in Algiers, Algeria's biggest city.
I wonder what their population is in Ageria? | Algeria
Algeria ( ; , ; ), officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria (, ), is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. The capital and most populous city is Algiers, located in the far north of the country on the Mediterranean coast. With an area of , Algeria is the tenth-largest country in the world, the world's largest Arab country, and the largest in Africa. Algeria is bordered to the northeast by Tunisia, to the east by Libya, to the | Africa or in America or increasingly in Great Britain. I think it's been a very good policy and it's been of great value to us and most of the criticism of it that I've ever heard doesn't come from these oriental countries it comes from wandering Australians. (Lamb) "For these years of course in the past Sir Robert you have been described as a racist."
(Menzies) "Have I?"
(Lamb) "I have read this, yes."
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Man, my back is constantly hurting. Having chronic back pain really puts a damper on everything.
From time to time I will get back pain. Usually after I've been doing some heavy lifting. It's usually a dull ache in my lower back.
Yes, lower back pain is the most common type of back pain. I have pain there also. I believe bad posture can make it worse too.
My symptoms for low back pain usually improve within a few weeks if I take it easy. They say 40-90% of people are better by six weeks.
Those are good odds. I'll keep my fingers crossed that I'm better by six weeks. Do you recommend back stretches or anything like that?
A friend of mine who has chronic pain typically goes to a chiropractor who specializes in treatment of mechanical disorders of the skeletal system. They manipulate his spine.
Wow. That sounds pretty intense but I'm sure it must improve his symptoms. Have you been to a chiropractor for back pain services? | , and chiropractic is sustained by pseudoscientific ideas such as subluxation and "innate intelligence" that reject science. Chiropractors are not medical doctors.
Numerous controlled clinical studies of treatments used by chiropractors have been conducted, with conflicting results. Systematic reviews of this research have not found evidence that chiropractic manipulation is effective, with the possible exception of treatment for back pain. A critical evaluation found that collectively, spinal manipulation was ineffective at treating any condition. Spinal manipulation may be cost-effective for sub-acute or chronic low back | Back pain
Back pain is pain felt in the back. The back is divided into neck pain (cervical), middle back pain (thoracic), lower back pain (lumbar) or coccydynia (tailbone or sacral pain) based on the segment affected. The lumbar area is the most common area affected. Episodes of back pain may be acute, sub-acute, or chronic depending on the duration. The pain may be characterized as a dull ache, shooting or piercing pain, or a burning sensation. Discomfort | 4,302 | wow-train |
Ever seen the movie called The Little Mermaid?
yes its a classic
It's bizarre to think that that movie is from 1989. The Little Mermaid is one that everyone seems to have seen.
wow that is really old
Yeah I know. The Little Mermaid was made by Disney.
oh yea its a disney classic
I know, even for an old Walt Disney movie it holds up to recent ones.
yea i agree | The Little Mermaid (1989 film)
The Little Mermaid is a 1989 American animated musical romantic fantasy film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and Walt Disney Pictures. The 28th Disney animated feature film and first film in "The Little Mermaid" franchise, the film is loosely based on the Danish fairy tale of the same name by Hans Christian Andersen. The film tells the story of a mermaid princess named Ariel who dreams of becoming human, after falling in love with a human prince named Eric. Written and directed by Ron | , in a very big movie that is going to be seen by a lot of people, to have a woman as a scientist'. She's a very serious scientist. Because in the comic she's a nurse and now they made her an astrophysicist. Really, I know it sounds silly, but it is those little things that makes girls think it's possible. It doesn't give them a [role] model of 'Oh, I just have to dress cute in movies'".
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I really like reading.
reading is considered a cognitive process
Yes, I suppose that it is. How do you feel it ties into cognition? | Cognition
Cognition is "the mental action or process of acquiring knowledge and understanding through thought, experience, and the senses". It encompasses many aspects of intellectual functions and processes such as attention, the formation of knowledge, memory and working memory, judgment and evaluation, reasoning and "computation", problem solving and decision making, comprehension and production of language. Cognitive processes use existing knowledge and generate new knowledge.
The processes are analyzed from different perspectives within different contexts, notably in the fields of linguistics, anesthesia | hejira" while reading the dictionary, and was drawn to the "dangling j, like in "Aja"... it's leaving the dream, no blame".
Songs.
Mitchell has described the album as "really inspired... there is this restless feeling throughout it... The sweet loneliness of solitary travel", and has said that "I suppose a lot of people could have written a lot of my other songs, but I feel the songs on "Hejira" could only have come from me." | 4,304 | wow-train |
I am really suspicious of palm readers.
there are many beliefs involving palmistry
Can you give examples of such beliefs?
many people believe that the palmistry is a pseudoscience and they also attach religious beliefs over it
Yep I consider myself not one of those people. Palmistry is a dark art and should be banened.
yes we should think in a scientific manner instead of believing blindly
I agree, such things are just hoaxes and lies. We should only study science and facts!
palmistry is a integral part of many countries in asia and europe there should be a proper awareness on this
I think its also prevalent in India from what I hear on the news these days. | , Palestine (ancient Israel) and Babylonia.
The acupuncturist Yoshiaki Omura describes its roots in Hindu astrology (known in Sanskrit as "jyotish"), Chinese "Yijing" ("I Ching"), and Roma fortune tellers. Several thousand years ago, the Hindu sage Valmiki is thought to have written a book comprising 567 stanzas, the title of which translates in English as "The Teachings of Valmiki Maharshi on Male Palmistry". From India, the art of palmistry spread to China, Tibet, Egypt, | goods and services are displayed by different vendors, including forms of alternative medicine and esoteric practices such as palmistry or tarot card reading. A prominent example is the Mind Body Spirit Festival, held annually in the United Kingdom, at which – the religious studies scholar Christopher Partridge noted – one could encounter "a wide range of beliefs and practices from crystal healing to ... Kirlian photography to psychic art, from angels to past-life therapy, from Theosophy to UFO religion, and from New Age music to the vegetarianism of Suma Chign | 4,305 | wow-train |
I am a professional photographer. It is very complicated with a lens to focus.
Oh my goodness! I do photography for fun and I don't know much about it at all. I was actually looking today to get new lens for my camera! I couldn't decide if I should spend the money to get new lens because I am happy with the lens I do have and am not sure if buying these new lens would really make a difference in my experience taking photos. What camera do you have?
My camera was made in 1987. Standard lens mount. Which is very light sensitive.
See! I see you saying these things and I am not quite sure I know what you are saying. Sometimes I feel as if I need to take a class just to fully understand what I'm doing with my camera and to really put it into its full capabilities. So if your camera was made in 1987, what made you choose that camera over newer generations?
Since it is a Canon EOS camera. The choice of this camera is due to that it can made a career in many possible areas of business.
Oh really? What's special about that camera? I have a Sony but have been thinking of getting a Canon. What's your favorite thing to photograph and what do you mainly photograph for your business? | Photography
Photography is the art, application and practice of creating durable images by recording light or other electromagnetic radiation, either electronically by means of an image sensor, or chemically by means of a light-sensitive material such as photographic film. It is employed in many fields of science, manufacturing (e.g., photolithography), and business, as well as its more direct uses for art, film and video production, recreational purposes, hobby, and mass communication.
Typically, a lens is used to focus the light | There's a little pressure now to widen my work, with agents and artistic directors asking if I want to do Chekhov. I can, but I don't want to. There are only a few people who get chances to be where I am in my career. I want to use it for putting the lens on black people and showing them in all their beauty, their facets and warts. These are people who I care about and love and want to see in all their complexity on the stage." | 4,306 | wow-train |
I only have one pet and that's a dog. They are apart of the genus "Canis".
Neat! I love dogs. I have an English Springer Spaniel. Are other animals part of a different genus?
Yes they are all of a different species. I love English Springer Spaniels. They were originally bred for flushing and grabbing game.
Yep! My brother originally wanted to get the dog for hunting birds! Now he just sleeps a lot.
I actually have a cocker spaniel. Their name comes from hunting Eurasian woodcock.
wow! They are playful dogs I believe. Is that an old breed? | American Cocker Spaniel
The American Cocker Spaniel is a breed of sporting dog. It is a spaniel type dog that is closely related to the English Cocker Spaniel; the two breeds diverged during the 20th century due to differing breed standards in America and the UK. In the United States, the breed is usually called the Cocker Spaniel, while elsewhere in the world, it is called the American Cocker Spaniel in order to differentiate between it and its English cousin, which was already known as "Cocker Spaniel" before the American | English Springer Spaniel
The English Springer Spaniel is a breed of gun dog in the Spaniel family traditionally used for flushing and retrieving game. It is an affectionate, excitable breed with a typical lifespan of twelve to fourteen years. They are very similar to the Welsh Springer Spaniel and are descended from the Norfolk or Shropshire Spaniels of the mid-19th century; the breed has diverged into separate show and working lines. The breed suffers from average health complaints. The show-bred version of the breed has been linked to "rage syndrome | 4,307 | wow-train |
Hey friend, I just got a new job as a clerk at a grocery store! You'll have to come visit me sometime.
What grocery store do you work at? I predominantly shop at Publix supermarkets and pharmacies.
I work at the Rainbow grocery store. Ahh I enjoy Publix as well but find myself going back to Rainbow for the employee discount.
Are there any Ranbow grocery stores outside of California?
There are quite a few. The midwest has a lot of them sprinkled around. I find that they have a great selection of fresh meats and fruits. What foods do you like at Publix?
I but everything at Publix. I like them more because they are THE employee-owned Florida Store.
That's a good reason to support them. Almost makes me want to jump ship and go work for them! I can imagine that they would have pretty fresh seafood down in Florida as well. | Publix
Publix Super Markets, Inc., commonly known as Publix, is an employee-owned, American supermarket chain headquartered in Lakeland, Florida. Founded in 1930 by George W. Jenkins, Publix is a private corporation that is wholly owned by present and past employees and members of the Jenkins family.
Publix stands as one of the largest U.S. regional grocery chains. Locations are found as far north as Spotsylvania, Virginia, as far south as Key West, Florida, while the westernmost location is in Mobile, Alabama. | as the summer school that Nicky and Mary both attend.
The film was shot in 18 days. "I never worked to hard in my life," said Mills.
A local Publix was used as the grocery store where Susan and Sharon narrowly miss meeting each other. It has been remodeled drastically since filming had wrapped.
Production Music.
The film's score was composed by Charles Fox. The theme song is "Let's Keep What We've Got," written by Hal David and performed by Marilyn | 4,308 | wow-train |
Pizza is so good. I could really go for some right now.
yea its a traditional dish consisting of a yeasted flatbread typically topped with tomato sauce and cheese and baked in an oven.
What about different styles of pizza. Is there anything you can tell me about that?
pizza can be topped with addtional vegetables, meats, and condiments, an can be made without cheese.
I have never had pizza without cheese but that sounds pretty good.
Pizza was first recorded in the 10th century, in a latin manuscript from the southern italy town of feata in Lazio
I think I could invent a time machine I would travel back that far for a pizza.
modern pizza was invented in Naples, and the dish and its variants have since become popular and common in many areas of the world.
I may have to just settle for going to Naples because I dont think i will ever see a time machine in my life. I bet that pizza is amazing there. | . Many companies sell ready-baked frozen pizzas to be reheated in an ordinary home oven.
The "Associazione Verace Pizza Napoletana" (lit. True Neapolitan Pizza Association) is a non-profit organization founded in 1984 with headquarters in Naples that aims to promote traditional Neapolitan pizza. In 2009, upon Italy's request, Neapolitan pizza was registered with the European Union as a Traditional Speciality Guaranteed dish, and in 2017 the art of its making was included on UNESCO's list of intangible cultural heritage.
Etymology. | of the world. Pizza is an oven-baked, flat, disc-shaped bread typically topped with a tomato sauce, cheese (usually mozzarella), and various toppings depending on the culture. Since the original pizza, several other types of pizzas have evolved.
Since Naples was the capital of the Kingdom of Two Sicilies, its cuisine took much from the culinary traditions of all the Campania region, reaching a balance between dishes based on rural ingredients (pasta, vegetables, cheese) and seafood dishes (fish, | 4,309 | wow-train |
I used to fly fixed-wing planes for a living, one of the ones with a propeller!
That's cool! Like a little Cessna two-seated plane?
I flew those as well as late models, modern models from the last 5 years, all shapes and sizes
How does one get a pilot | Rack Room Shoes
Rack Room Shoes is an American footwear retailer based in North Carolina. The company was founded in 1920 in Salisbury, North Carolina by Phil Levinson, who sold it to his son-in-law, Mort Lerner. It was bought in 1984 by the privately held Deichmann Group of Germany. Until that time Rack Room Shoes ran 22 stores.
Rack Room now operates over 450 stores in 34 states under the names Rack Room Shoes and Off Broadway Shoe Warehouse. Rack Room Shoes bought Off Broadway Shoe | An airplane (also known as an airplane or simply a plane) is a powered fixed-wing aircraft that is propelled forward by thrust from a jet engine or propeller. Planes come in a variety of sizes, shapes, and wing configurations. The broad spectrum of uses for planes includes recreation, transportation of goods and people, military, and research.
Classes of fixed-wing aircraft Airplane/airplane Seaplane.
A seaplane is a fixed-wing aircraft capable of taking off and landing (alighting) on water. Seaplanes | 4,310 | wow-train |
Hi. I quite like McDonald's, do you?
I love their fries! They have been around since 1940 as a regular restaurant in San Bernardino
Nice! What do you usually order with fries? I like the Big Mac but without pickles.
I like a lot of their items. They not only have burgers, but chicken, breakfast items, milkshakes, wraps and desserts
I enjoy when they release special items like the "Tastes of America" that was recently in restaurants.
I don't remember that, but it sounds interesting. They have over 36,900 ouetlets around the world!
Amazing! They have come so far since Richard and Maurice McDonald started the business as a single burger stand in 1940!
I know! They were originally headquartered in Oak Brook, IL, but plan to move them to Chicago this year
That will be an interesting move. Did you know, they are the World's second largest employer?! | McDonald's
McDonald's Corporation is an American fast food company, founded in 1940 as a restaurant operated by Richard and Maurice McDonald, in San Bernardino, California, United States. They rechristened their business as a hamburger stand, and later turned the company into a franchise, with the Golden Arches logo being introduced in 1953 at a location in Phoenix, Arizona. In 1955, Ray Kroc, a businessman, joined the company as a franchise agent and proceeded to purchase the chain from the McDonald brothers. McDonald's had | came up with its title. Wilson said:I liked the idea that bows and arrows are pretty useless on their own but when you get them together, they can be quite formidable. A bit like us lot, really. I love being in a band. It's daft to think you can do it alone. It's about not being afraid of emotion. It can be the strongest weapon we have. What's wrong with a load of blokes admitting they need each other? [It's] a sliver | 4,311 | wow-train |
Hello, I am taking a date apple picking. It is a popular dating ritual out here.
Really, do you just pick them right off the tree?
Yes, right off the tree, it can be a social activity, and it's fun.
I have never heard of that as a dating activity. Do all your friends do this as well? | Dating
Dating is a stage of romantic relationships in humans whereby two people meet socially with the aim of each assessing the other's suitability as a prospective partner in an intimate relationship. It is a form of courtship, consisting of social activities done by the couple, either alone or with others. The protocols and practices of dating, and the terms used to describe it, vary considerably from country to country and over time. While the term has several meanings, the most frequent usage refers to two people exploring whether they | prosecute and obtain punishment of offenders. So I just don't feel anything at all about it. Of course, I am just as human as the next fellow but I refuse to let my feelings get the better of me. If you have some rotten apples on the social tree, the only thing to do is to pick them off." The "Hartford Courant" described her in 1934 as having "a rich good humor, a becoming frankness, natural sincerity and spontaneous wit ... a sturdy physique and an abundance | 4,312 | wow-train |
Hello. I hope you might enjoy or know something about Krav Maga?
I have no idea what or who that might be. Why do people know them? | Krav Maga
Krav Maga (; , "lit." "contact combat") is a military self-defence and fighting system developed for the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and Israeli security forces derived from a combination of techniques sourced from boxing, wrestling, aikido, judo and karate, along with realistic fight training.
Krav Maga is known for its focus on real-world situations and its extreme efficiency. It was derived from the street-fighting experience of Hungarian-Israeli martial artist Imi Lichtenfeld, who made | believe, and I know that there are some people who will never believe me, regardless of what I say or do. I have no idea why I see angels and others don’t; I am just an ordinary woman. When I have asked the angels around me about this, their reply has simply been “Why not you?” She was labeled as "retarded" when very young, and speculates that this might be because she was so often in her own world. Lorna’s childhood was challenging for many | 4,313 | wow-train |
What do you think of Pit Bulls? I know they are common, but they sort of scare me
Where I live they are very common, however it is a nature vs nurture type of thing. I've met some that are scary, some that are total sweethearts!
Yeah, it is tough, because they were developed as fighting dogs, and that is been breed into their nature, but they can still be sweet
Well I actually read recently that they were originally called "nanny" dogs and they were responsible with children, and because of their build it resulted in them being exploited for that.
I had never heard that, I know that they are unfortunately used for illegal dog fighting underground still, that hurts my heart
Yes mine too, I recently just saved a baby pit and found her a good home. She was unbelievable sweet and smart! | as "pit bulls" by shelters. Many of these breeds were originally developed as fighting dogs from crossbreeding bull-baiting dogs (used to hold the faces and heads of larger animals such as bulls) and terriers. After the use of dogs in blood sports was banned, such dogs were used as catch dogs in the United States for semi-wild cattle and hogs, to hunt and drive livestock, and as family companions. Despite dog fighting now being illegal in the United States, it still exists as an underground | season. "I loved how it began. I loved it in the middle and I loved the end. The only thing really frustrating for me, to be honest with you, is that sometimes people would write this idea that we were making it up as we went along and I wanted to say, 'Really?' But I think now people are writing and saying, 'Oh yeah!' I'm excited for people to see it on DVD, because now that they know how it ended, [they | 4,314 | wow-train |
Are you a fan of the guitar? Conventionally, they have 6 strings.
Yes! I own a Yamaha guitar but it's been so difficult to self learn. Do you know when the first guitar was invented?
I'm not so sure, but it usually has a hollow wooden or plastic casing.
Yeah, they produce such a nice sound! Do you know how many variants you can get of the guitar?
It is a type of chordophone, for what that's worth. Some have guts and can tune.
That's interesting, i didn't know that. What else can you tell me about the guitar? | guitar, and the archtop guitar, which is sometimes called a "jazz guitar". The tone of an acoustic guitar is produced by the strings' vibration, amplified by the hollow body of the guitar, which acts as a resonating chamber. The classical guitar is often played as a solo instrument using a comprehensive finger-picking technique where each string is plucked individually by the player's fingers, as opposed to being strummed. The term "finger-picking" can also refer to a specific tradition of folk, blues | stating; "I think they could definitely get back together, but I don't know when or how they could make it work as long as Sally accepts baby Jack." Dynevor added: "So many people have said it just wouldn't be right if Sally and Kevin weren't together. But I'm sure it would be really difficult for her to accept Jack as her own. Could you do that?"
In 2015, Sally was involved in a surprise kiss with Kevin whilst being in a relationship and | 4,315 | wow-train |
i drive a silver lexus cause its the best vehicle to get i hear
Lexus is such a cool corporate project. They make such good vehicles. How long have you had yours?
I have had it for about 6 months.. this current vehicle anyway
Oh I see, well the company themselves started in 1983 and culminated in the launch of the Lexus LS in 1989.
does a bigger car company own them? | Lexus
Lexus originated from a corporate project to develop a new premium sedan, code-named F1, which began in 1983 and culminated in the launch of the Lexus LS in 1989. Subsequently, the division added sedan, coupé, convertible and SUV models. Lexus did not exist as a brand in its home market until 2005, and all vehicles marketed internationally as Lexus from 1989 to 2005 were released in Japan under the Toyota marque and an equivalent model name. In 2005, a hybrid version of the RX crossover debuted | with praise: Anjos singer Sérgio Rosado told her “Honestly, I haven’t heard a voice like yours for a long long time ago… Congratulations!...I really had to close my eyes at one point because I felt that I was actually listening to Beyoncé… Congratulations!” His partner in Anjos, singer Nélson Rosado, said “Well, when I started to hear you singing, I almost couldn’t believe in what I was hearing… It would be a crime not to have you in this show.” Journalist | 4,316 | wow-train |
Miami seems like a cool place to move to if you had the money.
Haha spot on man. I've been there like 5 times. It is a major city on the Atlanntic coast and a port city in south Florida.
Yea, I prefer Orlando over it personally but it has some awesome beaches
Yeah central florida(not actually the name of the state of Florida) is cool. I've been there a lot. I'm from Gainesville.
I live in Oklahoma so its fun to travel to Florida whenever i can | 2008 Florida Gators football team
The 2008 Florida Gators football team represented the University of Florida in the sport of American football during the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Gators competed in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the Eastern Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC), and played their home games in Ben Hill Griffin Stadium on the university's Gainesville, Florida, campus. They were led by fourth-year head coach Urban Meyer.
After clinching | we've been out in this desert, fighting this group one-on-one by ourselves, and all of a sudden this huge army came up with not only tons of people, thousands of people, but better tools..." Scientology critic Arnaldo Lerma told the "St. Petersburg Times" he was impressed by a video of a protest against Scientology which took place in Orlando, Florida: "I've never seen anything like that before. This is incredible. I wouldn't have believed it if I didn't see | 4,317 | wow-train |
I've always thought of Indie music as music for people who know more about music than I do.
The term indie rock originally was used to describe independent record labels
Is that so? I always imagined it as a bunch of bearded hipsters playing music on washboards. | Indie rock
Indie rock is a genre of rock music that originated in the United States and United Kingdom in the 1970s. Originally used to describe independent record labels, the term became associated with the music they produced and was initially used interchangeably with alternative rock. As grunge and punk revival bands in the US and Britpop bands in the UK broke into the mainstream in the 1990s, it came to be used to identify those acts that retained an outsider and underground perspective. In the 2000s, as a result of changes in | Independent music
Independent music (often referred to as indie music or indie) is music produced independently from commercial record labels or their subsidiaries, a process that may include an autonomous, do-it-yourself approach to recording and publishing. The term "indie" is sometimes used to describe a genre (such as indie rock and indie pop), and as a genre term, "indie" may include music that is not independently produced, and many independent music artists do not fall into a single, defined musical | 4,318 | wow-train |
My father is very strict. He doesn't really support my physical, and emotional needs.
OH, I'm sorry to hear that. Do you still live with him? | friend. Governments and society may also have a role in child-rearing. In many cases, orphaned or abandoned children receive parental care from non-parent or non-blood relations. Others may be adopted, raised in foster care, or placed in an orphanage. Parenting skills vary, and a parent or surrogate with good parenting skills may be referred to as a "good parent".
Parenting styles vary by historical time period, race/ethnicity, social class, and other social features. Additionally, research | all. I have nothing against him, really. But I told you before, he is just acting weird and he refused any kind of contact, but I'm not mad at Wanderlei, I don't hate him. I respect him as a fighter, and I would like to see him if he's still here.
I'm very happy, this is the day of my life, and I'm only sorry for one thing - that my father couldn't live long enough to see my success. He | 4,319 | wow-train |
I love going snorkeling when I'm at the beach. I always keep my mask and fins in the car when I go on vacation
that sounds like a blast, I have never been | Snorkeling
Snorkeling (British and Commonwealth English spelling: snorkelling) is the practice of swimming on or through a body of water while equipped with a diving mask, a shaped breathing tube called a snorkel, and usually swimfins. In cooler waters, a wetsuit may also be worn. Use of this equipment allows the snorkeler to observe underwater attractions for extended periods with relatively little effort and to breathe while face-down at the surface.
Snorkeling is a popular recreational activity, particularly at tropical resort locations. The primary appeal | genre. Writing with my son is a bit more challenging because we wanted J.A. to have a unique voice that was edgier to go with our dystopian world and he's often marking words or phrases that he thinks sounds too Rachel-ish. It's rather like going on a mini-vacation when I slip between the genres. I think it helps to keep my writing fresh because I'm able to go in diverse directions and explore various worlds."
She named the following authors as influential in her young adult writing | 4,320 | wow-train |
I like animals. Especially armadillos. I know they are native to the Americas. Do they make good pets?
I've never heard of that animal. Are they a carnivore or a herbivore? | Armadillo
Armadillos (from Spanish "little armoured one") are New World placental mammals in the order Cingulata. The Chlamyphoridae and Dasypodidae are the only surviving families in the order, which is part of the superorder Xenarthra, along with the anteaters and sloths. Nine extinct genera and 21 extant species of armadillo have been described, some of which are distinguished by the number of bands on their armour. All species are native to the Americas, where they inhabit a variety of different environments.
Armadillos are characterized by a | !" (2009).
In an August 2011 interview with "The San Francisco Examiner", Stone expressed her reluctance towards the album's release, stating, "They [EMI] are not allowed to do that—I do have a say, and I have to approve all the songs that they use, all the artwork, and especially the title. And oh my God, I've never heard such a cheesy title in all my life! And I don't know what kind of hits they're | 4,321 | wow-train |
Have you ever wondered what mix of colors you see when you are seeing blue?
Like what wavelengths we're seeing?
Yeah, the idea that we are looking at wavelengths and perceiving it as color is bizarre to me. I wonder what wavelengths we are actually seeing when we see blue.
Did you know other animals like the mantis shrimp can see something like 4 times the amount of wavelengths we can? Imaging a color you can't see! | Blue
Blue is one of the three primary colours of pigments in painting and traditional colour theory, as well as in the RGB colour model. It lies between violet and green on the spectrum of visible light. The eye perceives blue when observing light with a dominant wavelength between approximately 450 and 495 nanometres. Most blues contain a slight mixture of other colours; azure contains some green, while ultramarine contains some violet. The clear daytime sky and the deep sea appear blue because of an optical effect known as Rayleigh scattering. | qualia" or "raw feels". There is something that it is like to feel pain, to see a familiar shade of blue, and so on. There are qualia involved in these mental events that seem particularly difficult to reduce to anything physical. David Chalmers explains this argument by stating that we could conceivably know all the objective information about something, such as the brain states and wavelengths of light involved with seeing the color red, but still not know something fundamental about the situation – what it is like to see | 4,322 | wow-train |
how do you feel about the animal the hippopotamus | Hippopotamus
The common hippopotamus ("Hippopotamus amphibius"), or hippo, is a large, mostly herbivorous, semiaquatic mammal and ungulate native to sub-Saharan Africa. It is one of only two extant species in the family Hippopotamidae, the other being the pygmy hippopotamus ("Choeropsis liberiensis" or "Hexaprotodon liberiensis"). The name comes from the ancient Greek for "river horse" (). After the elephant and rhinoceros, the common hippopotamus is the third-largest type of land mammal and the heaviest | whole album, because I'm talking about love and emotion – 'I need you to do this,' 'I want you to do this,' 'You make me feel like this,' 'Why don't you feel like this?' It's typical of how you feel in relationships. The second movement is called ... 'Easier Said Than Done,' and it's about how hard it is to change after you've been in a relationship for so long. And then the third movement is called | 4,323 | wow-train |
Have you seen The Last of the Mohicans? It's my favorite movie.
I did! Such a great American historical drama!
Do you know what time period the movie takes place in?
Yes, It's set in 1757 during the French and Indian war
Wow, what was your favorite part of the movie? | takes place in 1757, during the French and Indian War in the Adirondack Mountains, in the British colony of New York. British Army Major Duncan Heyward arrives in Albany. He has been sent to serve under Colonel Edmund Munro, the commander of Fort William Henry. Heyward is given the task of escorting the colonel's two daughters, Cora and Alice, to their father. He is a family friend and in love with Cora. He proposes to her before they leave, but she does not give him an answer. | regard. "It's my favorite picture, yes," he told interviewer Leslie Megahey in a 1982 interview for "BBC Arena":
If I wanted to get into heaven on the basis of one movie, that's the one I would offer up. I think it's because it is to me the least flawed; let me put it that way. It is the most successful for what I tried to do. I succeeded more completely in my view with that than with anything else.
He also | 4,324 | wow-train |
My friend really like Donna Karen. She is an American fashion designer.
I am not familiar with her. What kind of stuff does she design? Dresses?
Donna Karens's clothing label is DKNY. It stands for Donna Karen New York. She makes all kinds of stuff.
Ooohhh. I recognize that name now. That makes sense. I dont own any stuff by her though. I think its expensive. is it? | Weinberg's showroom. Her father was a tailor and haberdasher who died when Donna was three years old. Karan and her older sister Gail were raised by their mother in Woodmere, in the Five Towns region of Nassau County, New York. Donna took pleasure in softball, volleyball, and basketball, cut classes in high school, and passed much of her time in the art department. She graduated from Hewlett High School in 1966, and then went to the Parsons School of Design.
Career.
After leaving college | Femme for DKNY
Femme for DKNY Jeans is a fashion line designed by Hilary Duff for Donna Karan New York that ran for a limited time. It was announced in the November 2008 issue of "Fashion Rules" magazine that Duff's previous hit fashion line Stuff by Hilary Duff would be discontinued since she didn't have full control of it anymore. She also stated in the article that she would like to design clothes for girls her age.
Femme was officially announced in Women's Wear Daily on February 5, 2009 | 4,325 | wow-train |
I eat ice cream just about every day, it's so good. Do you enjoy it too?
I love ice-cream! Ben and Jerry's is my favourite - even their frozen yoghurt is amazing
Oh that does sound good. I feel bad for those people who are lactose intolerant, ice cream is a big problem for them I think.
Yeah, it's horrible for them - abdominal pain, nausea... it would be awful
For sure, I've heard there are supplements you can take that prevent those problems by providing an enzyme or something. Do you know anything about that? | may result in missed school or work. Disorders such as anxiety, major depression, and chronic fatigue syndrome are common among people with IBS.
The causes of IBS are not clear. Theories include combinations of gut–brain axis problems, gut motility disorders, pain sensitivity, infections including small intestinal bacterial overgrowth, neurotransmitters, genetic factors, and food sensitivity. Onset may be triggered by an intestinal infection, or stressful life event. IBS is a functional gastrointestinal disorder. Diagnosis is based on symptoms in the absence of worrisome | the nuts in Ben and Jerry's ice cream -- it's so thoroughly mixed in, we sort of expect it. The nice thing is that eccentricity is no longer so foreign. We've embraced diversity in a lot of ways in this country. I do think it's done us a tremendous service."
Key figures.
The following people are well known for their involvement in 1960s era counterculture. Some are key incidental or contextual figures, such as Beat Generation figures who also participated directly in the later counterculture | 4,326 | wow-train |
I love dogs... my favorite is the Golden Retriever!
Goldies are easy to train and love water.
Do you know how smart they are compared to other breeds?
I assume they are quite smart as they are trained to be search and rescue, hunting dogs and guides for the blind.
Wow, so theyre working dogs.. Are they good with families?
Their gentle temperament makes them the third-most popular family dog breed.
The third most popular, do you know what any other popular family breeds are? I'm trying to keep an open mind. | Beagle
The beagle is a breed of small hound that is similar in appearance to the much larger foxhound. The beagle is a scent hound, developed primarily for hunting hare (beagling). With a great sense of smell and superior tracking instinct, the beagle is employed as detection dog for prohibited agricultural imports and foodstuffs in quarantine around the world. The beagle is intelligent but single-minded. It is a popular pet due to its size, good temper, and lack of inherited health problems.
The modern breed | Moreland's Golden Tonka'.
Since Golden Retrievers are so trainable, they are used for many important jobs, such as guide dogs for blind people, drug or bomb sniffing at airports, or helping to rescuing people from earthquakes and other natural disasters. This breed is also used in water rescue/lifesaving, along with the Leonberger, Newfoundland and Labrador Retriever dogs.
Origins and history.
The Golden Retriever was originally bred in Scotland in the mid-19th century. At that time, wildfowl hunting was a popular sport | 4,327 | wow-train |
Long Hair is quite beautiful. Some people have beautiful black long hair that shines.
Absolutely! I love long hair on women and wish mine would grow more... It is considered a hairstyle that is allowed to grow considerably.
Yes, MANY styles women can do when they have long hair. Although I can imagine washing it would be cumbersome !
It is funny how long hair has different meanings in some cultures compared to others.
So true. :) Some long hair is very thick, while some is quite fine. I've actually seen people grow down to their ankles. How do they cope ?
What I meant was for example chin length is short on a woman vs being long on a man in some cultures
yes. Just like in some foreign countries a wedding band is placed on the right hand instead of the left. I can remember back in the day when long hair was "IN" style and they were called hippies hahah
Also men having short hair in some cultures are deemed to be under society's control like prisoners or soldiers of some kind.
whoa. I"m glad i'm not in that society . Imagine how the length of hair rules ? | , such as while in the military or prison or as punishment for a crime. Long lustrous female hair is generally rated attractive by both men and women across cultures. The prevalence of trichophilia (hair partialism or fetishism) is 7% in the population, and very long hair is a common subject of devotion in this group.
Biological significance.
Humans, horses, orangutans and lions are among the few species that may grow their head hair or manes very long. Humans are believed to have lost their fur 2.5–3 | Long hair
Long hair is a hairstyle where the head hair is allowed to grow to a considerable length. Exactly what constitutes long hair can change from culture to culture, or even within cultures. For example, a woman with chin-length hair in some cultures may be said to have short hair, while a man with the same length of hair in some of the same cultures would be said to have long hair.
Males having short, cut hair are in many cultures viewed as being under society's control | 4,328 | wow-train |
I love meatloaf, we make ours in a loaf pan but some people make it in a flat pan.
I make the best meatball!@
Do you make it with ground beef? I've heard there are even seafood meatloves..
I meant I make the best meatloaf! lol But I also do make awesome meatballs. I actually make it with non GMO non Hormone ground turkey | cornmeal served by German-Americans in Pennsylvania since colonial times. Meatloaf in the contemporary American sense did not appear in cookbooks until the late 19th century.
International variations.
International variations Argentina.
In Argentina it is usually called "Pan de carne". It is typically filled with ham, cheese, and carrots (or some other vegetable).
International variations Austria.
The Austrian meatloaf version is called "Faschierter Braten". Most of the time it is not filled (e.g., in Germany), but | Meatloaf
Meatloaf is a dish of ground meat that has been mixed with other ingredients and formed into the shape of a loaf, then baked or smoked. The final shape is either hand-formed on a flat pan or created by cooking it in a loaf pan. It is usually made with ground beef, although ground lamb, pork, veal, venison, poultry and seafood are also used.
The cooked loaf can be sliced like a loaf of bread to make individual portions. Because the dish can become dry | 4,329 | wow-train |
I've always been a big fan of Stephen Hawking
Yea, He worked with Roger Penrose. The made a prediction about black holes emitting radiation.
Yep, he had a lot of great predictions. Didn't he say something about AI taking over the world? | AI takeover
An AI takeover is a hypothetical scenario in which artificial intelligence (AI) becomes the dominant form of intelligence on Earth, with computers or robots effectively taking control of the planet away from the human species. Possible scenarios include replacement of the entire human workforce, takeover by a superintelligent AI, and the popular notion of a robot uprising. Some public figures, such as Stephen Hawking and Elon Musk, have advocated research into precautionary measures to ensure future superintelligent machines remain under human control. Robot rebellions have been a | Stephen Hawking
Stephen William Hawking (8 January 1942 – 14 March 2018) was an English theoretical physicist, cosmologist, and author who was director of research at the Centre for Theoretical Cosmology at the University of Cambridge at the time of his death. He was the Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at the University of Cambridge between 1979 and 2009.
His scientific works included a collaboration with Roger Penrose on gravitational singularity theorems in the framework of general relativity and the theoretical prediction that black holes emit radiation, often called Hawking radiation. | 4,330 | wow-train |
My dad is a mechanic, I need to learn some time | Mechanic
A mechanic is an artisan, technician or skilled tradesperson who uses tools to build or repair machinery.
Duties.
Most mechanics specialize in a particular field, such as air conditioning and refrigeration mechanics, auto mechanics, bicycle mechanics, boiler mechanics, general mechanics, industrial maintenance mechanics (millwrights), motorcycle mechanics, aircraft mechanics, bus mechanics, truck mechanics, diesel mechanics as well as tank mechanics in the armed services.
A mechanic is typically certified by a trade association or regional government power. Mechanics | think that anyone should ever have their self-respect or their dignity taken from them."
He also mentioned that his father had instructed him on how to defend himself against bullies. "When I was ten years old, my dad took me to the garage and put a pair of boxing gloves on me and said, 'I don't ever want it to come to this, but you need to learn how to fight.' And I got my butt kicked sometimes, but I always stood up for myself | 4,331 | wow-train |
Have you been to McDonalds recently? | McDonald's
McDonald's Corporation is an American fast food company, founded in 1940 as a restaurant operated by Richard and Maurice McDonald, in San Bernardino, California, United States. They rechristened their business as a hamburger stand, and later turned the company into a franchise, with the Golden Arches logo being introduced in 1953 at a location in Phoenix, Arizona. In 1955, Ray Kroc, a businessman, joined the company as a franchise agent and proceeded to purchase the chain from the McDonald brothers. McDonald's had | Mullingar, a passing loop remains in use at Killucan, between Enfield and Mullingar.
Within Enfield railway station, you have two Porter's Houses, owned by Cravens and McDonalds, the two houses are owned by the families and leased to C.I.E. The McDonald family worked at Enfield railway station within the signal cabin, the Craven family come from a long tradition of families that worked on the railway and built coaches that ran on the railway.
History.
The railway reached Enfield in 1847, when the Midland Great Western | 4,332 | wow-train |
I just grew some carrots!
what kind baby carrots or regular long ones
Just regular. I'm just eating the taproot. No one eats the leaves.
the taproot meaning the main vegetable right
Yep! It contains high qualities of K and B6.
wow i really need to eat more vegetables with more vitamins like that | and vitamin B6, but the belief that eating carrots improves night vision is a myth put forward by the British in World War II to mislead the enemy about their military capabilities.
The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) reports that world production of carrots and turnips (these plants are combined by the FAO) for the calendar year 2013 was 37.2 million tonnes; almost half (~45%) were grown in China. Carrots are widely used in many cuisines, especially in the preparation of salads, and carrot | I don't really have it like they probably think I have it. I'm really still a loser guy, but I'm just really popular now. I don't have a girlfriend no more, and I have this money, but I'm not satisfied with my life. It's this weird feeling of being incomplete, and I need to find myself. So that's kind of what it did to me, and the album just came out with me just fucking rapping some dark shit.
Recording and production | 4,333 | wow-train |
I really enjoy swimming in the summer. DO you? | Swimming
Swimming is the self-propulsion of a person through water, usually for recreation, sport, exercise, or survival. Locomotion is achieved through coordinated movement of the limbs, the body, or both. Humans can hold their breath underwater and undertake rudimentary locomotive swimming within weeks of birth, as a survival response.
Swimming is consistently among the top public recreational activities, and in some countries, swimming lessons are a compulsory part of the educational curriculum. As a formalized sport, swimming features in a range of | “See how the fish swim as they please. That’s what fish really enjoy.” When Huizi asked, “How do you know what fish enjoy?” Zhuangzi replied, “You’re not I, so how do you know I don’t know what fish enjoy?”
Acquisition.
The jar was given to the IMA in by Mr. and Mrs. Eli Lilly in 1960. It has the accession numbers 60.88A-B, and is currently on view in the Valeria J. Medveckis Gallery.
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What is your favorite ice cream
Honeycomb but to be honest I do like most flavours. It is just the best sweetened frozen snack food there is!
I like oreos
Oh sounds nice. Made from milk and cream it is just delicious. So many different fruits, ingredients and flavours can be added. I will have to try oreos next time.
When was the first ice cream created?
Aparently back in the 17th century. These days though there are so many varieties of frozen desert such as frozen custard, frozen yogurt, sorbet but nothing beats ice cream for me.
I do not like custard or yogurt at all.
No i agree frozen yogurt or custard sounds horrible. Though sorbet isnt bad but it is just a poor second to ice cream.
I agree, ice cream is the best | List of ice cream varieties by country
This article is about the ice cream varieties around the world.
Argentina.
While industrial ice cream exists in Argentina and can be found in supermarkets, restaurants or kiosks, and ice cream pops are sold on some streets and at the beaches, the most traditional Argentine "helado" (ice cream) is very similar to Italian gelato, rather than US-style ice cream, and it has become one of the most popular desserts in the country. Among the most famous | List of ice cream flavors
This is a list of notable ice cream flavors. Ice cream is a frozen dessert usually made from dairy products, such as milk and cream, and often combined with fruits or other ingredients and flavors. Most varieties contain sugar, although some are made with other sweeteners.
Ice cream flavours.
- Bacon ice cream – a modern invention, generally created by adding bacon to egg custard and freezing the mixture.
- Bastani Sonnati — a type of Persian ice cream
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I just had a bagel with avocado for breakfast! Bagels are actually originated in the Jewish community of Poland. Do you like bagels?
I love them. I'm a big fan of the kind with asiago cooked on them.
mmm, sounds delicious! Asiago is my favorite Italian cheese, i love the texture
Did you know that they are the only bread that is boiled just before cooking to get that texture. | Bagel
A bagel ( '; ), also historically spelled beigel, is a bread product originating in the Jewish communities of Poland.
It is traditionally shaped by hand into the form of a ring from yeasted wheat dough, roughly hand-sized, that is first boiled for a short time in water and then baked. The result is a dense, chewy, doughy interior with a browned and sometimes crisp exterior. Bagels are often topped with seeds baked on the outer crust, with the traditional ones being poppy or | biscuits. Scrambled eggs and/or American cheese are often added.
- Bagel sandwiches: Due to their Jewish connection, bagels generally do not contain pork, but other foods associated with the community, such as deli meats, lox or other smoked fish, and cream cheese are used. The bagel and cream cheese is sometimes consumed as a breakfast sandwich.
- English muffin: Generally contains egg and cheese with either breakfast sausage or ham. Often served in U.S. fast food outlets such as McDonald's and Starbucks.
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Hey, I love to visit India often. Have you ever been there?
No but my dad just came back from a visit for his company there. It's really crowded; over 1.2 billion people!
Yes, It's very crazy if you're not used to it! I visited a big Baha'i Lotus Temple in New Delhi.
Cool! There are millions of Baha''i's in India, a lot more from when it first was established in 1844.
Yeah, I had no idea. I thought Hinduism was the most prominent religion there.
I think it is actually. One interesting thing about it is that it goes back before recorded history!
Really? Are you referring to Hinduism now? We visited lots of Hindu Temples. The people are so devoted to religion there. Everyone was very welcoming. | A temple incorporates all elements of Hindu cosmos—presenting the good, the evil and the human, as well as the elements of Hindu sense of cyclic time and the essence of life—symbolically presenting dharma, kama, artha, moksa, and karma.
The spiritual principles symbolically represented in Hindu temples are given in the ancient Sanskrit texts of India (for example, Vedas and Upanishads), while their structural rules are described in various ancient Sanskrit treatises on architecture (Brhat Samhita, Vastu Sastras). The layout, | it's a ballad. It's hard to do but I'm glad I did. I got pushed into it by Inflo really. We'd been talking about it all day and I was telling him about my dad and he just said you should write a letter to him. And I didn't really want to because it's a bit cheesy, but from there... the song came of it. I think it's really beautiful. I dunno why at that point I decided to let that happen," Pritchard | 4,337 | wow-train |
Greetings. So, I realized I was going bald so I decided to just shave my whole head very short the same length including my beard. Hair loss typically presents as a thinning of the hair.
I am sorry to hear that. i hope you find a good treatment for that.
The management of hair loss may include medications or surgery, but I'm ok with just keeping everything short.
The most important thing is that you feel good about yourself.
I agree. Some good music by the late great James Brown always helps! May he rest in peace, May 3, 1933 - December 25, 2006.
James Brown was the man!!! A true musical genius. | Funk
Funk is a music genre that originated in African-American communities in the mid-1960s when African-American musicians created a rhythmic, danceable new form of music through a mixture of soul music, jazz, and rhythm and blues (R&B). Funk de-emphasizes melody and chord progressions and focuses on a strong rhythmic groove of a bass line played by an electric bassist and a drum part played by a drummer, often at slower tempos than other popular music. Like much of African-inspired music, funk typically | Hodgkins Lymphoma. My prognosis is very good and I should be just fine on the other side. But I may not be here some days and if I am here I may not be my super perky self and definitely my hair style will change. If you happen to be going through this at this time in your life, or maybe you have a friend or family member going through it right now, I wanted to share this with you in hopes that we can help each other. Thanks for listening and as always | 4,338 | wow-train |
I'm not very familiar with the study or practice of radiology. Do you know much about this? | Radiology
Radiology is the medical specialty that uses medical imaging to diagnose and treat diseases within the human body.
A variety of imaging techniques such as X-ray radiography, ultrasound, computed tomography (CT), nuclear medicine including positron emission tomography (PET), and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) are used to diagnose or treat diseases. Interventional radiology is the performance of usually minimally invasive medical procedures with the guidance of imaging technologies such as X-ray radiography, ultrasound, computed tomography (CT), nuclear | Corgan told "Spin" later that year, "You know, I gave them a year and a half to prepare for this record... I'm surrounded by these people who I care about very much, yet they continue to keep failing me." Corgan explained that he began to take the actions of others personally; he said, "If you really think about it, of course, someone doesn't do the job because they're lazy, or they don't think it's important. But I took it | 4,339 | wow-train |
Do you like rain? The water vapor kind.
I do. I love the smell of the rain
I love how its part of the water cycle, and is responsible for depositing most of the fresh water in the world.
yes! Do you know anything about acid rains? I always wanted to learn more about it
I do not but I know the water cycle is also known as the hydrological cycle.
Oh that's interesting. I just don't like when it rains too much and flood the area | the mill villages of Converse, Clifton, and Pacolet, South Carolina. Approximately 100 people were killed.
Decade of the 1900s Heppner flood – June 1903.
The third deadliest flash flood in US history, the normally placid Willow Creek burst its banks during an intense rain and hail storm. The city of Heppner, at the foothills of the Blue Mountains in eastern Oregon, was almost completely destroyed. 220 of Heppner's 1,400 residents died in the flood.
Decade of the 1900s Michigan flood – March 1904.
flooding | when I came to writing, that meant the songs this time were dealing much more in reality. "Ceremonials" was so fixated on death and water, and the idea of escape or transcendence through death, but the new album became about trying to learn how to live, and how to love in the world rather than trying to escape from it. Which is frightening because I'm not hiding behind anything but it felt like something I had to do." Welch also told Lowe that producer Markus Dravs was instrumental in | 4,340 | wow-train |
do you know someone who is a widow?
I do, actually. My grandmother. My grandfather's passing made me look into widows. It's a touchy subject, and apparently the treatment of widows and widowers varies greatly throughout the world.
Widow
In my grandmother's case, and as with a lot of cases with widows, it's tough when the husband passes, because often they're the only provider, so they're left to be destitute.
Widow
But luckily in some parts of the world, especially in patriarchal societies, they're granted economic independence to maintain, and they keep their spouse's businesses and given other certain rights.
aww im so sorry.. can someone of any age be a widow?
Of course, as it simple denotes the passing of one's spouse. And interestingly enough, in recent day and age the widows of political figures have been some of the first women to be elected into high office in some countries.
wow im sorry to hear! are theystill considered a widow if they remarry? | Widow
A widow is a woman whose spouse has died and a widower is a man whose spouse has died. The treatment of widows and widowers around the world varies.
Terminology.
A widow is a woman whose spouse has died, while a widower is a man whose spouse has died. The state of having lost one's spouse to death is termed "widowhood". These terms are not applied to a divorcé(e) following the death of an ex-spouse.
The term "widowhood" can be | has reason to fear me to sell out and give £10 out of every hundred towards the widow and orphan fund and do not attempt to reside in Victoria but as short a time as possible after reading this notice, neglect this and abide by the consequences, which shall be worse than the rust in the wheat in Victoria or the druth of a dry season to the grasshoppers in New South Wales I do not wish to give the order full force without giving timely warning but I am a widows son outlawed and my orders | 4,341 | wow-train |
I have never been on a cruise ship. What can you tell me about them?
I want to go on a cruise ship and go on a voyage to a destination.
I've never been - they seem like so much fun! What could I expect on a cruise?
There are cruises to nowhere that don't even stop anywhere and make a round trip. You can relax and hang out on the ship.
OH I think I would like to stop at some places. What is there to do on a cruise ship?
The amenities on a cruise ship include swimming, dancing, comedy clubs, crafts, and many more. It is all part of the cruise experience.
Wow - a comedy club! I think I would like that kind of vacation! Are they expensive?
Yeah a bit. The "line voyages" transported passengers across the ocean back in the day. Think Titanic.
I would love to do an Alaska cruise - that would probably be my most favorite bucket list item | RMS Titanic
RMS "Titanic" was a British passenger liner that sank in the North Atlantic Ocean in 1912 after the ship struck an iceberg during her maiden voyage from Southampton to New York City. Of the estimated 2,224 passengers and crew aboard, more than 1,500 died, making it one of modern history's deadliest peacetime commercial marine disasters. RMS "Titanic" was the largest ship afloat at the time she entered service and was the second of three s operated by the White Star Line. She was built by the Harland | I've never been one to love the camera or even to be as drawn to it as I am to the human aspect of it, and I think it was a film that speaks in a very simple way of here's a way that you can tell a story on film in human terms. It was the kind of film that made me go, “I could do this; I want to tell stories that are like this and told in this way.” And so it was altering for me in that | 4,342 | wow-train |
Hey there, heard of whittling?
Yup! It's the art of carving shapes out of wood with a knife!
Yeah, my grandfather used to whittle pieces of wood when we went camping together
Was he a casual whittler? You would use like a pocket knife for that.
He used a hunting knife that he carried with us, I guess he done it as a past time while camping | Whittling
Whittling may refer either to the art of carving shapes out of raw wood using a knife or a time-occupying, non-artistic (contrast wood carving for artistic process) process of repeatedly shaving slivers from a piece of wood.
Background of whittling.
Casual whittling is typically performed with a light, small-bladed knife, usually a pocket knife. Specialized whittling knives, with fixed single blades, are preferred for sculpting artistic work. They have thick handles which are easier to grip for long periods | : A knife with a folding blade that springs out of the grip when a button or lever on the grip is pressed.
- Utility knife: A short knife with a replaceable triangular blade, used for cutting sheet materials including card stock, paperboard, and corrugated fiberboard
- Wood carving knife and whittling knives: Knives used to shape wood in the arts of wood carving and whittling, often with short, thin replaceable blades for better control.
- X-Acto knife: A scalpel-like knife with a | 4,343 | wow-train |
I own a couple of guitars, but I wish I was better at playing them. They are fretted instruments that have six strings.
What type of guitars do you have?
One of them is an electric guitar that I have paired up with an amplifier
That sounds fun, Do you have an acoustic guitar too? | Bass guitar
The bass guitar (or simply bass) is a plucked string instrument similar in appearance and construction to an electric or an acoustic guitar, except with a longer neck and scale length, and typically four to six strings or courses.
The four-string bass is usually tuned the same as the double bass, which corresponds to pitches one octave lower than the four lowest-pitched strings of a guitar (E, A, D, and G). It is played primarily with the fingers or thumb | She has played on Ovation acoustic instruments since 1973, and said this about them in an interview with the magazine "Guitar Player": "I'm a bit of a hitter, you see – I bash – and I like to have everything going at once: bass, harmony, and melody. This is why I love Ovations. They are very powerful-sounding guitars, and when I hit those strings, they ring with a nice, clear, percussive – but not overly bright – sound that highlights the rhythms | 4,344 | wow-train |
I wish i could draw! But i'm pretty horrible at it lol | Drawing
Drawing is a form of visual art in which a person uses various drawing instruments to mark paper or another two-dimensional medium. Instruments include graphite pencils, pen and ink, various kinds of paints, inked brushes, colored pencils, crayons, charcoal, chalk, pastels, various kinds of erasers, markers, styluses, and various metals (such as silverpoint). Digital drawing is the act of using a computer to draw. Common methods of digital drawing include a stylus or finger on a touchscreen device, | I'm happy we were able to capitalize today," Biffle was satisfied with his second-place finish but said that he felt he could have challenged his teammate towards the end of the race, "I know he's in the Chase and he had a little cushion [Sunday], and I needed a win pretty bad, but we were going to race him clean, but I wish I had a chance at him. It was a pretty good run for us. We hadn't been running like this all | 4,345 | wow-train |
I own a house boat, its pretty greay, I call it a Float house because I'm from Canada, You Americans call them house rafts, My boat is a shanty boat. Do you have interest in house boats?
I have never been on one but would really like to.
Mine has autopilot and everything. Many houseboats are more than capable of operation under their own power.
That sounds awesome for a houseboat. Does it have plumbing? | Plumbing
Plumbing is any system that conveys fluids for a wide range of applications. Plumbing uses pipes, valves, plumbing fixtures, tanks, and other apparatuses to convey fluids. Heating and cooling (HVAC), waste removal, and potable water delivery are among the most common uses for plumbing, but it is not limited to these applications. The word derives from the Latin for lead, "plumbum", as the first effective pipes used in the Roman era were lead pipes.
In the developed world, plumbing | . Oldbuck returns to find Mucklebackit repairing the fishing-boat from which Steenie had been swept, and says how pleased he is to find him capable of that job. Mucklebackit replies,
"And what would you have me to do…unless I wanted to see four children starve, because ane is drowned? It's weel wi' you gentles, that can sit in the house wi' handkerchers at your een when ye lose a friend; but the like o' us maun to our wark again, if our | 4,346 | wow-train |
I am so into the tiny house movement.
The tiny house movement. is a description for the architectural and social movement that advocates living simply in small homes.
What states are friendly toward this movement?
the average size of new single family homes grew from in 1978 to in 2007, and to in 2013, despite a decrease in the size of the average family.
What is the average size of the homes? | then Four Lights Tiny House Company (September 6, 2012). In 2002, Shafer co-founded, along with Greg Johnson, Shay Salomon and Nigel Valdez the Small House Society. Salomon and Valdez subsequently published their guide to the modern Small House Movement, "Little House on a Small Planet" (2006) and Johnson published his memoir, "Put Your Life on a Diet" (2008).
With the depression hitting in 2008, the small house movement attracted more attention as it offered affordable, ecologically | Tiny house movement
The tiny-house movement (also known as the "small-house movement") is an architectural and social movement that advocates living simply in small homes. there is no set definition as to what constitutes a tiny house. However, a residential structure under 400 sq. ft is generally considered a tiny home. The tiny-house movement promotes financial prudence, economically safe, shared community experiences, and a shift in consumerism-driven mindsets.
Background.
In the United States of America | 4,347 | wow-train |
i liked fairy tales as a kid.
So did I! I loved fairy tales for the fantasy characters.
yep they were very interesting.
Fairy tales have so many like dwarfs and dragons.
yea i know are there other creatures?
Yeah there are also elves, fairies, and giants.
oh thats super cool.
Not just those, as fairy tales can also have creatures like griffins and mermaids too.
i love the mermaid based ones. | Fairy tale
A fairy tale, wonder tale, magic tale, or Märchen is an instance of a folklore genre that takes the form of a short story. Such stories typically feature entities such as dwarfs, dragons, elves, fairies, giants, gnomes, goblins, griffins, mermaids, talking animals, trolls, unicorns, or witches, and usually magic or enchantments. In most cultures, there is no clear line separating myth from folk or fairy tale; all these together form the literature of preliterate societies. Fairy | a position to change, and I actually liked the snow queen's part of the story until they shoehorn in a moral at the last minute... But they didn't and now it makes the characters feel even more two-dimensional than they already did. Gerda doesn't know Kai long enough to make her quest understandable and every other character she meets is on screen so briefly that it feels more like a set of passing encounters instead of the meaningful meetings you find in fairy tales.""
Many reviewers also drew | 4,348 | wow-train |
I always thought I was a dog person. And then I met Ollie, a beautiful ginger tom, and fell totally in love!
Awww thats great! I raise cats for a living, I am a cat lover as well. Is there anything you would like to know, I have quite a good amount of knowledge about cats.
Indeed I do! Why do cats insist on bringing half eaten gofers and the like to the front door? And then throwing the other half up on the floor?! | Cat food
Cat food is food for consumption by cats. Cats have specific requirements for their dietary nutrients. Certain nutrients, including many vitamins and amino acids, are degraded by the temperatures, pressures and chemical treatments used during manufacture, and hence must be added after manufacture to avoid nutritional deficiency. The amino acid taurine, for example, which is found in meat, is degraded during processing, so synthetic taurine is normally added afterwards. Long-term taurine deficiency may result in retinal degeneration, loss of vision, and | plan B would be.
"I mainly focused on business management while I was there, not really thinking about music per se at first, but just on life. You know, like damn if I wasn't rapping or doing anything with music that was kind of where I saw myself in the world. I always hoped I could be an entrepreneur, you know I guess, but thats the aspirations of many people but I just felt like if I was going to learn about anything I might as well learn | 4,349 | wow-train |
I think being a veterinarian would be really tough. Unlike doctors their patients don't talk! | Veterinary physician
A veterinary physician, usually called a vet, which is shortened from veterinarian (American English) or veterinary surgeon (British English), is a professional who practices veterinary medicine by treating diseases, disorders, and injuries in animals.
Description.
In many countries, the local nomenclature for a veterinarian is a regulated and protected term, meaning that members of the public without the prerequisite qualifications and/or licensure are not able to use the title. In many cases, the activities that may be undertaken by a | to supply her with. She was out there pretty much by herself. That's really tough your first time out. I think Michelle will turn out to have enormous amounts of talent. She kills herself. I never saw anyone work harder, ever. She's very smart. I think she'll be one of the few who gets a second chance. I don't think a first-time male director would have had much more luck than Michelle, given all those things. It had nothing to do with her | 4,350 | wow-train |
I love the color blue it is one of the many primary colors of pigments.
i really love blue! it's my favorite color
Pink is one of my favorites as well especially with my flowers.
I'm not a big fan of pink. it's too girly for me | Blue
Blue is one of the three primary colours of pigments in painting and traditional colour theory, as well as in the RGB colour model. It lies between violet and green on the spectrum of visible light. The eye perceives blue when observing light with a dominant wavelength between approximately 450 and 495 nanometres. Most blues contain a slight mixture of other colours; azure contains some green, while ultramarine contains some violet. The clear daytime sky and the deep sea appear blue because of an optical effect known as Rayleigh scattering. | I just love"
"Blue is good, it's already."
"Blue is Rocket - my girl"
"blue is the memory of Miky Volek"
"a big blow is a blue spill"
"the blue vocal has a black sheriff"
"Like a mood when they play the last piece"
"Blue is the hope of love and my blues"
"it's the color I just like"
"blue is good - it is already so" | 4,351 | wow-train |
I have a pet bulldog
they are really cute. A Bulldog is a medium-sized breed of dog
Yes and they are very sweet natured
is yours It is a muscular, and hefty ?
Yes she is short and squat and beefy lol
that is awesome. Bulldogs were the fourth most popular purebred in the US in 2016
I believe it they have so much personality and are so loyal annd protective | with English culture, as the BBC wrote: "to many the Bulldog is a national icon, symbolising pluck and determination." During World War II, Bulldogs were often likened to Prime Minister Winston Churchill and his defiance of Nazi Germany. When the English settled in the Americas, their Bulldogs came with them. Dedicated bulldog fanciers formed The Bulldog Club (England) in 1878, and the Bulldog Club of America in 1890.
Appearance.
Bulldogs have characteristically wide heads and shoulders along with a pronounced mandibular prognathism. | Bulldog
The Bulldog, also known as the British Bulldog or English Bulldog, is a medium-sized breed of dog. It is a muscular, hefty dog with a wrinkled face and a distinctive pushed-in nose. The Kennel Club (UK), the American Kennel Club (US), and the United Kennel Club (US) oversee breeding records. Bulldogs are popular pets; they were the fifth most popular purebreed in the US in 2017 according to the American Kennel Club.
Bulldogs have a longstanding association | 4,352 | wow-train |
I love reading fiction writing.
I do to! The writing is often produced as a story usually meant to entertain. What type of fiction do you like?
Mostly fantasy, but it's all good really. | of prose fiction Genre fiction.
A genre is the subject matter or category that writers use. For instance, science fiction, fantasy and mystery fiction are genres. Genre fiction also known as popular fiction, is plot-driven fictional works written with the intent of fitting into a specific literary genre, in order to appeal to readers and fans already familiar with that genre.
Genre fiction is storytelling driven by plot, as opposed to literary fiction, which focuses more on theme and character. Genre fiction, or popular fiction | for a minuscule salary: "I work... because I like it, I'm not all that bad at what I do, really, and it's useful, and I'm not terribly good at twiddling my thumbs."
Writing career Collaboration.
Francis collaborated extensively in his fiction with his wife, Mary, until her death. Learning this was a surprise to some readers and reviewers. He credited her with being a great researcher for the novels. In 1981, Don Clippinger interviewed the Francises for "The Philadelphia | 4,353 | wow-train |
Man I have freckles clustered all over my face... they're melaninized cells and very noticable!
I have alot of freckles too. Ive always heard it was because I was Irish. | Freckle
Freckles are clusters of concentrated melaninized cells which are most easily visible on people with a fair complexion. Freckles do not have an increased number of the melanin-producing cells, or melanocytes, but instead have melanocytes that overproduce melanin granules (melanosomes) changing the coloration of the outer skin cells (keratinocytes). As such, freckles are different from lentigines and moles, which are caused by accumulation of melanocytes in a small area.
Freckles can appear on all types of skin tones. Of the six Fitzpatrick skin | looked morose. His sickly, pale face was covered with freckles, and his blond hair was cut short. He was a little over average height and looked at me intensely with his sharp, grey-blue eyes. It was as if he were trying to look into my soul and discover what kind of man I was."
In Semipalatinsk, Dostoevsky tutored several schoolchildren and came into contact with upper-class families, including that of Lieutenant-Colonel Belikhov, who used to invite him to read passages from newspapers | 4,354 | wow-train |
Do you know much about marketing?
Have you ever studied marketing>
I have not, but have some work experience.
Work experience is important for everyone, even if you don't have a degree.
that is true. It is increasingly becoming almost most MORE valuable than a degree. | Marketing
Marketing is the study and management of exchange relationships. Marketing is the business process of creating relationships with and satisfying customers. With its focus on the customer, marketing is one of the premier components of business management.
Definition.
Marketing is defined by the American Marketing Association as "the activity, set of institutions, and processes for creating, communicating, delivering, and exchanging offerings that have value for customers, clients, partners, and society at large". The term developed from the original meaning which | haven't written a part, but go do it. And you have an hour".
Regarding the meaning of the song, the lead vocalist, Justin Pierre, said "'True Romance' is a love song about two people who seemingly don't have much in common except their love for the time they share in the bedroom. In my experience, opposites do attract. And if you can get over the superficialities, you often find you have more in common than you initially thought. Perhaps you even find | 4,355 | wow-train |
My favourite color is purple because it is in between blue and red
it's between them? how it it between them?
Yes it is intermediate between blue and red.
intermediate. I wonder how they came up with that one. | with eroticism, femininity, and seduction.
Purple was the color worn by Roman magistrates; it became the imperial color worn by the rulers of the Byzantine Empire and the Holy Roman Empire, and later by Roman Catholic bishops. Similarly in Japan, the color is traditionally associated with the emperor and aristocracy.
Etymology and definitions.
The word 'purple' comes from the Old English word "purpul" which derives from Latin "purpura", in turn from the Greek ("porphura"), name of | Purple
Purple is a color intermediate between blue and red. It is similar to violet, but unlike violet, which is a spectral color with its own wavelength on the visible spectrum of light, purple is a secondary color made by combining red and blue. The complementary color of purple in the RYB color model is yellow.
According to surveys in Europe and North America, purple is the color most often associated with rarity, royalty, magic, mystery, and piety. When combined with pink, it is associated | 4,356 | wow-train |
I started back dancing ballet. I enjoyed it when I was younger and wanted to get back into it.
Ballet is a type of performance dance that originated in the Italian Renaissance. How popular do you feel it is today?
I think it is still popular, however, it is not as mainstream as it used to be. It seems to be enjoyed by people who enjoy fine arts.
Interesting, ballet seems to have passed the test of time to this point at least. It certainly is still good to practice for an activity. Do you feel that it's hard to get back into?
Thankfully, I am still flexible and my ankles are strong. But I do have to recondition my feet. When we jump on pointe, we carry 3 times our body weight on the big toes | has evolved in a number of distinct ways. See glossary of ballet.
A ballet, a work, consists of the choreography and music for a ballet production. Ballets are choreographed and performed by trained ballet dancers. Traditional classical ballets are usually performed with classical music accompaniment and use elaborate costumes and staging, whereas modern ballets, such as the neoclassical works of American choreographer George Balanchine, often are performed in simple costumes (e.g., leotards and tights) and without the use of elaborate sets or scenery.
Etymology. | to watch someone else dance it. I believe in never looking back, never indulging in nostalgia, or reminiscing. Yet how can you avoid it when you look on stage and see a dancer made up to look as you did thirty years ago, dancing a ballet you created with someone you were then deeply in love with, your husband? I think that is a circle of hell Dante omitted.
[When I stopped dancing] I had lost my will to live. I stayed home alone, ate very little | 4,357 | wow-train |
Are you a big TV watcher? I really like those Telenovelas, they're so overly dramatic it's really funny.
I am sometimes. I was not aware of what Telenovela was did not know it also called culebroens in Spain.
Oh wow I've never heard that term before. Do you know if they're popular in Spain too?
I am not sure but similar genres include teleserye, Phillippines, and teleroman in Quebec Canada
Wow I guess that kind of show is popular around the world. Do you have a favorite Telenovela actress?
I am assuming it is too lol. I have heard of Erika Buenfil she is a Mexican actress and singer.
Oh she's one of my favorites too. What's your favorite song of hers? | Erika Buenfil
Teresa de Jesús Buenfil López ( :born November 23, 1963 in Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico) or commonly known as Erika Buenfil is a Mexican actress and singer. She is best known for her lead roles in several successful telenovelas including "Amor en Silencio" (1988), "Marisol" (1996), "Tres Mujeres" (1999– 2000) and "Amores Verdaderos" (2012–2013).
Biography.
Biography Early career.
Buenfil started her career in show business at the | think George Bush would do?
I think he would nuke them before breakfast. And, look, you know I don't like George Bush but he is the best president we've ever had on Israel because for some reason he gets that.
the media always likes the underdog or what they perceive as the underdog, not that they're really the underdog at this point. Did you see those pictures of Hezbollah handing out cash?
So, you know, I feel really bad for Lebanon. I'm | 4,358 | wow-train |
My ex-girlfriend suffered from severe anxiety disorder.
Anxiety can be very debilitating.
It was. She would often have significant feelings of anxiety and fear. It really was the cause of the breakdown in our relationship.
That's too bad. The fear can be quite often very hard to overcome even if it seems to be irrational
It was. She was inclined towards socal inhibition and would have difficulty holding down a job or even leaving the house because she wanted to avoid social situations.
So it may have been a touch of agoraphobia as well? | Agoraphobia
Agoraphobia is an anxiety disorder characterized by symptoms of anxiety in situations where the person perceives their environment to be unsafe with no easy way to escape. These situations can include open spaces, public transit, shopping centers, or simply being outside their home. Being in these situations may result in a panic attack. The symptoms occur nearly every time the situation is encountered and last for more than six months. Those affected will go to great lengths to avoid these situations. In severe cases people may become completely unable to | from the Ancient Greek term "Agora" or Marketplace, while social anxiety disorder is an anxiety disorder characterized by a significant amount of fear in one or more social situations. Such fears can be very debilitating in themselves, and in addition patients often worry about showing anxiety and losing control in public.
Medical uses Post-traumatic stress disorder.
Virtual reality exposure (VRE) therapy is a modern but effective treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). This method was tested on several active duty Army soldiers, | 4,359 | wow-train |
Hi, my favorite book is the Bible do you have any interest in it?
i sure do! I read Bible every day! I'm a Christian
That's very good, the good book is older than many civilizations and had many contributors over the years. | and the Christian Old Testament. The Christian New Testament is a collection of writings by early Christians, believed to be mostly Jewish disciples of Christ, written in first-century Koine Greek. Among Christian denominations there is some disagreement about what should be included in the canon, primarily about the Apocrypha, a list of works that are regarded with varying levels of respect.
Attitudes towards the Bible also differ among Christian groups. Roman Catholics, high church Anglicans, Methodists and Eastern Orthodox Christians stress the harmony and importance of the | was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis back in 1996, the Book of Job is part of the Bible I read over and over, trying to understand what I needed to do. And every time I sing the song, it lifts up my own spirits as much as it lifts those of others. My favorite line in the song is When you look down on me, can you see the good through all the bad. That's a powerful thought." In another interview with "Country Weekly" Walker stated, "It | 4,360 | wow-train |
Corn dogs are incredible. Hot dogs were already good, but a hot dog coated in thick cornmeal batter and deep fried? Mm!
Well, I'm vegetarian so I'll take your word for it! I do love just about anything coated in batter, so perhaps you can tell me a little about these corn dogs.
Sure! They were originally sausages that newly arrived German Texans were having trouble selling. So, they introduced the corn dog, although it didn't have a stick back then.
Are those the ones on a stick which are sold at county fairs? They always look delicious! | , granted in 1929, for a "Combined Dipping, Cooking, and Article Holding Apparatus," describes corn dogs, among other fried food impaled on a stick; it reads in part:
In "300 Years of Kitchen Collectibles", author Linda Campbell Franklin states that a "Krusty Korn Dog" baker machine appeared in the 1929 Albert Pick-L. Barth wholesale catalog of hotel and restaurant supplies. The 'korn dogs' were baked in a corn batter and resembled ears of corn when cooked.
A number | Corn dog
A corn dog (also spelled corndog) is a sausage (usually a hot dog) on a stick that has been coated in a thick layer of cornmeal batter and deep fried. It originated in the United States and is commonly found in American cuisine.
History.
Newly arrived German Texan sausage-makers, finding resistance to the sausages they used to make, have been credited with introducing the corn dog to the United States, though the serving stick came later. A US patent filed in 1927 | 4,361 | wow-train |
I have a kitten, or kitty or kitty cat that I just got recently.
oh yea? your first?
Yes, I have researched a lot before I received my first one, such as how they are very dependent on their mother for survival for first couple days.
oh that was a smart move | Kitten
A kitten is a juvenile cat. After being born, kittens are totally dependent on their mother for survival and they do not normally open their eyes until after seven to ten days. After about two weeks, kittens quickly develop and begin to explore the world outside the nest. After a further three to four weeks, they begin to eat solid food and grow adult teeth. Domestic kittens are highly social animals and usually enjoy human companionship.
Etymology and development.
The word "kitten" derives from the | going on that your mind sort of catches without identifying, like a lot of poetic devices. You take the number of words that sound the same or start with the same letter or whatever. You just certainly don't start in the middle of it and go, "Oh, that's alliteration".
Lee said in an interview: "There are a couple of tracks on the last few records where just before the fade-out, I try to put my two cents in (laughs). I did | 4,362 | wow-train |
My favorite movie is Dirty Harry. I love action and crime movies.
I Have never seen it, what is it about?
It's based on the actual story of the Zodiac Killer. The main character tries to find the vicious psychopath.
Really? I didn't know it was about a serial killer.
Yes and the main character is a Police Inspector named "Harry Callahan
That's very interesting. I may have to watch it now.
Yes, you definetly should. Clint Eastwood stars as the main character and he plays the part perfectly.
What year did the movie come out? | Dirty Harry
Dirty Harry is a 1971 American action thriller film produced and directed by Don Siegel, the first in the "Dirty Harry" series. Clint Eastwood plays the title role, in his first outing as San Francisco Police Department (SFPD) Inspector "Dirty" Harry Callahan. The film drew upon the real life case of the Zodiac Killer as the Callahan character seeks out a similar vicious psychopath.
"Dirty Harry" was a critical and commercial success and set the style for a whole genre of police films | thing about being a 17-year-old songwriter is that you're embarrassed - you're never going to write a song saying, 'These are my feelings, I love you.' So I was trying to find some semi-veiled language that conveyed something to somebody somehow but which didn't really say anything up front. It's a slightly naïve song, a little obscure. I don't even know what it means." Thompson added: "I had to sing it at my own mother's funeral. It | 4,363 | wow-train |
hi | Dating
Dating is a stage of romantic relationships in humans whereby two people meet socially with the aim of each assessing the other's suitability as a prospective partner in an intimate relationship. It is a form of courtship, consisting of social activities done by the couple, either alone or with others. The protocols and practices of dating, and the terms used to describe it, vary considerably from country to country and over time. While the term has several meanings, the most frequent usage refers to two people exploring whether they | Hi Hi Hi
Hi Hi Hi may refer to:
- "Hi, Hi, Hi", song by Paul McCartney
- "Hi! Hi! Hi!", song by German singer Sandra
- "Hi Hi Hi", by the Japanese band Scandal from "Temptation Box" 2010
- "Hi Hi Hi", Japanese manga by Shohei Harumoto
See also.
- Hihi (disambiguation) | 4,364 | wow-train |
I have a cat names leela. She hunts vermin. Do you have a cat?
No. but the lady I work for have one and he is annoying.
What is his name? The popularity of cat names differs by nation.
lola. He brought a mouse in the house the other day.
What breed is he? There are over 70 cat breeds and they have different registries.
I don't know but he is black and got slanted eyes.
Perhaps he is a manx cat, they have a short tail, does he have a short tail?
It's a medium size taill. He look like an avergage cat doe | Cabbit
A cabbit is a fictional hybrid between a cat and a rabbit. They have appeared in fiction and fantasy stories including Japanese anime and manga, and have also been dubiously purported to have been observed in the wild. Most if not all observations are attributable to either misidentified Manx cats or outright hoaxes.
A cat-rabbit hybrid creature was first incorrectly documented by Joseph Train of Castle Douglas, Galloway, Scotland, in his "An Historical and Statistical Account of the Isle of Man", where he opined that | . As he once famously put it, "Show me a cat that's a good mouser, and I'll show you a cat with bad breath." As a result, the mice generally have the run of the house. On at least three occasions, the mice have been given names: one named Squeak has appeared sporadically since the 1980s, and one named Herman Vermin in the late 1990s, which is mentioned in some strips. There is also one mouse named Stretch, similar to Garfield's rubber chicken, | 4,365 | wow-train |
Do you eat hamburgers often?
As often as possible. I like flame broiled best.
Oh for sure, that's a great way to cook'em. Have you tried cooking them on a pan or barbecued?
Yes, that will work for me too. I like them with ketchup .
Ketchup is great, have you tried it on a hotdog? There are many regional variations of them?
I like mixing things inside them too, like onions, cheese, spices. | diners, and specialty and high-end restaurants (where burgers may sell for several times the cost of a fast-food burger, but may be one of the cheaper options on the menu). There are many international and regional variations of the hamburger.
Etymology and terminology.
The term "hamburger" originally derives from Hamburg, Germany's second-largest city. In German, "Burg" means "castle", "fortified settlement" or "fortified refuge" and is a widespread component of place | like fancy foods like quail on toast, chicken and hot biscuits, or steak smothered in mushrooms. Of course they taste good and I can eat them, but have you ever tried ham hocks and red beans?” -Louis Armstrong, as quoted in A Date with a Dish
Ultimately, DeKnight set her sights not on writing a great cookbook (though she did, and it became a bestseller). She strove to overturn stereotypes about African-American cooks and Southern cooking. She states in the preface of A Date | 4,366 | wow-train |
My grandfather was a preacher. Do you know any preachers?
I do not know a few! Which religion does he worship? | Preacher
A preacher is a person who delivers sermons or homilies on religious topics to an assembly of people. Less common are preachers who preach on the street, or those whose message is not necessarily religious, but who preach components such as a moral or social worldview or philosophy.
History.
Preachers are common throughout most cultures. They can take the form of a Christian minister on a Sunday morning, or an Islamic Imam. A Muslim preacher in general is referred to as a "dā‘ī", while one | I do not want monument of learning who have passed all your exams with flying colours. I do not want a walking school books. What I want are just manly young men, honest, truthful, clean in habit and thoughts; and I would not break my heart about it if you told me that such or such a fellow writes with difficulty, can’t do compound fraction, or does not know any geometry, if I only knew that he has learnt enough at my school to know the difference between true manliness | 4,367 | wow-train |
Have you ever engaged with the Reddit community? It's pretty active?
Yes, I've used it! Its a great American social news aggregation website. There are many different discussions there. Have you?
Yes, I enjoy posting to it quite often. Which topics do you enjoy talking about the most?
Neat Yes I like looking ad different user created boards called "subreddits". I look at news, music, investing, etc. How about you?
I enjoy reading about video games, technology in general, and networking issues. Do you ever post content? | Reddit
Reddit (, stylized in its logo as reddit) is an American social news aggregation, web content rating, and discussion website. Registered members submit content to the site such as links, text posts, and images, which are then voted up or down by other members. Posts are organized by subject into user-created boards called "subreddits", which cover a variety of topics including news, science, movies, video games, music, books, fitness, food, and image-sharing. Submissions | in India we don’t have step-mothers - yes she was Aussie. And I mean this was one of those things. The way people speak was different.” Last, Jeremy described his experience as “Yeah, like in Chinese background we normally do not stare at people - when talking to people - so eye contact is quite different and when I walk down the street - like random people say hi, how are you? To me - so which I found it was quite interesting because we Chinese we do | 4,368 | wow-train |
Mediterranean cuisine is some of my favorite, since I love stuff like pita and hummus.
Its so good! it was started by the people of the Mediterranean Basin region, especially those of Southern Europe.
That's cool, what does a lot of Mediterranean cuisine consist of?
Well there are three core elements the olive, wheat and the grape
That makes sense, they seem to love their wine and their olive oil over there.
O yeah! But because of the location they also love to implement lamb, mutton, and other local ingredients into the cuisine
Must be why they love gyro meat over there, since a lot of the time it is made of largely lamb. | of the region's foods and deny that it is a useful concept. The geographical area covered broadly follows the distribution of the olive tree, as noted by David and Essid.
The region spans a wide variety of cultures with distinct cuisines, in particular (going anticlockwise around the region) the Maghrebi, Egyptian, Levantine, Ottoman (Turkish), Greek, Italian, Provençal (French), and Spanish. However, the historical connections of the region, as well as the impact of the Mediterranean Sea on the | Mediterranean cuisine
Mediterranean cuisine is the foods and methods of preparation by people of the Mediterranean Basin region. The idea of a Mediterranean cuisine originates with the cookery writer Elizabeth David's book, "A Book of Mediterranean Food" (1950), though she wrote mainly about French cuisine. She and other writers including the Tunisian historian Mohamed Yassine Essid define the three core elements of the cuisine as the olive, wheat, and the grape, yielding olive oil, bread and pasta, and wine; other writers emphasize the diversity | 4,369 | wow-train |
I'm a vegetarian! I don't eat meat or seafood
Wow thats amazing, are you strict vegan? do you eat eggs?
I don't eat meat out of respect for sentient life but i do eat dairy products
Did your decision to become vegan arise out of a special condition? or just a personal decision? | aesthetic, economic, or personal preference. There are variations of the diet as well: an ovo-lacto vegetarian diet includes both eggs and dairy products, an ovo-vegetarian diet includes eggs but not dairy products, and a lacto-vegetarian diet includes dairy products but not eggs. A strict vegetarian diet – referred to as "vegan" – excludes all animal products, including eggs and dairy. Avoidance of animal products may require dietary supplements to prevent deficiencies such as vitamin B12 deficiency, which leads to pernicious anemia. | /socialism, dead prez include entreaties for self-respect/love: "Be Healthy" is about eating right "I don't eat, no meat no dairy no sweets" and has become very popular in the vegetarian and vegan community; "Mind Sex" is about getting to know your lover and appreciate a person's mind as well as their body "maybe later we could play a game of chess on the futon"; "Discipline makes things easier, organize your life"; and "Happiness" is | 4,370 | wow-train |
So I am a big chocolate fan. For something that has been around since 1900 BC, it still is pretty awesome today | Chocolate
Chocolate is a usually sweet, brown food preparation of roasted and ground cacao seeds that is made in the form of a liquid, paste, or in a block, or used as a flavoring ingredient in other foods. The earliest evidence of use traces to the Olmecs (Mexico), with evidence of chocolate beverages dating to 1900 BC. The majority of Mesoamerican people made chocolate beverages, including the Maya and Aztecs. The word "chocolate" is derived from the Classical Nahuatl word "chocolātl".
The | Joe we want to play out from the back and that suits my qualities. At the minute I am enjoying playing at centre half, but I’m open minded about what the future holds.” Towards the end of the season, Williamson reflected on the season since Montemurro took over, "I feel like since Joe came in we’re back on a journey again, we had lost that a little bit. Despite today, I feel like we’re building something. But pretty much every game we have played since around | 4,371 | wow-train |
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the ketogenic diet is actually high in fat and low in carbs it forces the body to burn fat
Is ketosis bad for you? | Diabetic ketoacidosis
Diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) is a potentially life-threatening complication of diabetes mellitus. Signs and symptoms may include vomiting, abdominal pain, deep gasping breathing, increased urination, weakness, confusion and occasionally loss of consciousness. A person's breath may develop a specific "fruity" smell. Onset of symptoms is usually rapid. In some cases, people may not realize they previously had diabetes.
DKA happens most often in those with type 1 diabetes but can also occur in those with other types of diabetes | diet with a high fat content and a low carbohydrate content can reduce seizures. Radically curbing carbohydrate intake imitates starvation and forces the body to draw energy from ketone bodies that form when fat is metabolized instead of drawing its energy from sugar. This state is called ketosis and it changes several biochemical processes in the brain in a way that inhibits epileptic activity. On this basis there are several diets that are often recommended to children under 12 years old, but are also effective in adults.
Diets Ketogenic diet.
In Europe the | 4,372 | wow-train |
I like watching Netflix, which specializes in providing streaming media these days.
Yeah it's fun! And not very expensive! Watching netflix and chilling is great1 | on the initial DVD rental business. Netflix expanded its business in 2010 with the introduction of streaming media while retaining the DVD and Blu-ray rental business. The company expanded internationally in 2010 with streaming available in Canada, followed by Latin America and the Caribbean. Netflix entered the content-production industry in 2012, debuting its first series "Lilyhammer".
Since 2012, Netflix has taken more of an active role as producer and distributor for both film and television series, and to that end, it offers a variety | via computers, tablets or smartphones. (Luth Research does not track Netflix viewing on televisions, whether Internet-connected sets or those linked to streaming-media players or gaming consoles.) According to Luth, an estimated 10.7% of subscribers (approximately 4.4 million) watched at least one episode of "Daredevil" in its first 11 days on Netflix, with 2.3% (940,000) watching on the first day. In a separate study, Netflix determined that the fifth episode of the season was the one to "hook | 4,373 | wow-train |
Do you watch South Park at all? I enjoy the show because it is very much like The Simpsons.
I really enjoy South Park. Trey Stone and Matt Parker are comedy geniuses
I wish I could be as creative as them. My favorite of their characters are Stan Marsh and Eric Cartman - they are so witty.
Yes, and I really enjoyed Chef as well. Iscac Hayes played the character very well | Chef (South Park)
Jerome "Chef" McElroy was a cartoon character on the Comedy Central series "South Park" who was voiced by Isaac Hayes. A cafeteria worker at the local elementary school in the town of South Park, Colorado, Chef is generally portrayed as more level-headed than the other adult residents of the town, and sympathetic to the children. His guidance is often sought by the show's core group of child protagonists — Eric Cartman, Stan Marsh, Kyle Broflovski, and Kenny McCormick | South Park
South Park is an American adult animated sitcom created by Trey Parker and Matt Stone and developed by Brian Graden for the Comedy Central television network. The show revolves around four boys—Stan Marsh, Kyle Broflovski, Eric Cartman, and Kenny McCormick—and their exploits in and around the titular Colorado town. Much like "The Simpsons", "South Park" uses a very large ensemble cast of recurring characters. It became infamous for its profanity and dark, surreal humor that satirizes a wide range of topics | 4,374 | wow-train |
Influence marketing targets influtential people rather than a large group as whole.
Its sort of like lobbying if you think about it
that is a good analogy for sure. Although lobbying is seen more in a negative light
Absolutely, what kind of people do influence marketing stuff?
It was originally introduced in 1940 by Bernard Berelson and Hazel Gaudet
Those names sound familiar, did they do anything else? | practical politics, while the system itself functions.
Berelson wrote a summary entitled "The Great Debate on Cultural Democracy" regarding the confrontation between mass society theorists and researchers for the media industries. Berelson asserted that the resolution of the debate was simple: just listen to mass communication researchers like himself as they develop useful answers to the issues raised by others.
Life.
Born in Spokane, Washington, he majored in English at Whitman College, graduating in 1934. He took a library science degree at the University of | , as "a whole new influence." During recording, both Skiba and vocalist/bassist, Dan Andriano were ill. Skiba describes the album as sounding "bigger, deeper and rawer" than its predecessor, "From Here to Infirmary".
In a 2003 interview, Matt Skiba stated that "Good Mourning": is pretty good. I mean it took us a long time to do and I think most of the people that I talk to that make records and stuff, there's always stuff that you | 4,375 | wow-train |
Readying is a hobby.Reading is a complex "cognitive process" of decoding symbols in order to construct or derive meaning
Yes I bet it is
Its all about communication, and of sharing information and ideas.Why do you read my friend?
I read to keep myself informed. What level of skill does one need to read these days? | culturally and socially situated. The reading process requires continuous practice, development, and refinement. Reading requires creativity and critical analysis. Consumers of literature deviate from literal words to create images that make sense to them in the unfamiliar places the texts describe. Because reading is a complex process, it cannot be controlled or restricted to one or two interpretations. There are no concrete laws in reading, but rather it provides readers an escape to produce their own products introspectively. This promotes deep exploration of texts during interpretation.
Readers | Reading
Reading is the complex cognitive process of decoding symbols to derive meaning. It is a form of language processing.
Success in this process is measured as "reading comprehension". Reading is a means for language acquisition, communication, and sharing information and ideas. The symbols are typically visual (written or printed) but may be tactile (Braille). Like all languages, it is a complex interaction between text and reader, shaped by prior knowledge, experiences, attitude, and the language community—which is | 4,376 | wow-train |
I've been a night owl all my life. I'm always up late at night.
Same here! I usually stay up until 2 AM!
I'm usually up until 4AM! I could never be an early bird. I can't go to bed or wake up early. I've tried!
Wow! You are a night owl! What time in the morning do you have to wake up to be considered an early bird?
Someone who sleeps at a time that tends to be considered early by most in the same time zone are typically called early birds.
I think a lot of older people are early birds. One of my older coworkers told me he wakes up at 4 AM. | Researchers traditionally use the terms "morningness" and "eveningness" for the two chronotypes or diurnality and nocturnality in animal behavior. In several countries, especially in Scandinavia, early birds are called "A-people" and night owls are called "B-people".
Etymology.
The term is derived from the primarily nocturnal habits of the owl. Most owls sleep during the day and hunt for food at night.
Characteristics.
Usually, people who are night owls stay awake past midnight, and extreme | long-term commitment to the music industry in an interview:
When I play, I am very much in the space where I was when I wrote the music. You could slay me quite easily, I'm at my most vulnerable. I am very private, in all aspects of my life, to everybody, so why is it that I get up on stage every night and open myself in front of strangers? I'm not sure if I've got the bottle for it, any more.
Marling | 4,377 | wow-train |
Have you ever played baseball?
I did, when I was a kid I was on a team of 9 and we played against the two teams in the area.
Cool. Whos is your favorite baseball team
I like the Yankees, I love their intense rivalry with the Red Sox in the MLB!
I also love the Yankees, who is your favorite player?
Probably Joe Di'maggio, he was in the game for 13 years! He was a major player in Major League Baseball.
I like Derek Jeter. Have you ever been to Yankees stadium? | Derek Jeter
Derek Sanderson Jeter ( ; born June 26, 1974) is an American former professional baseball shortstop, businessman, and baseball executive. He has been the chief executive officer (CEO) and part owner of the Miami Marlins of Major League Baseball (MLB) since September 2017.
As a shortstop, Jeter spent his entire 20-year MLB playing career with the New York Yankees. A five-time World Series champion, Jeter is regarded as one of the primary contributors to the Yankees' success of the late | ecstatic when she discovered that she was cast as Sailor Jupiter. Miller cites Sailor Jupiter as her favorite character. On describing the similarities between her and Sailor Jupiter, Miller said, "I’m a lot like Makoto, because we were both the tallest kid in our class. I was, like, 5’7” when I was in fifth grade … I did play hockey on a boys’ team. I played goalie. So, I think that I have the tomboy aspect—and I love green—but also what | 4,378 | wow-train |
I just bought a Chevrolet, do you know anything about them?
Have you ever owned a Chevrolet before? It is also typically call a Chevy and it is own by General Motors Company.
It's my first one, it seems good so far
Great! The Chevy Motor company was founded by William Durant and Louis Chrovrolet in 1911.
I see, that's a long time ago
Back in the early 1900's the slogan for the Chevrolet was " a car for every purse and purpose". This slogan was the marketing that made the Chevy so popular.
That makes sense, they were well rounded as a company | in 1919, Alfred Sloan, with his maxim "a car for every purse and purpose", would pick the Chevrolet brand to become the volume leader in the General Motors family, selling mainstream vehicles to compete with Henry Ford's Model T in 1919 and overtaking Ford as the best-selling car in the United States by 1929.
Chevrolet-branded vehicles are sold in most automotive markets worldwide. In Oceania, Chevrolet is represented by GM subsidiary Holden, having returned to the region in 2018 after a 50-year absence with | Chevrolet
Chevrolet ( ), colloquially referred to as Chevy and formally the Chevrolet Division of General Motors Company, is an American automobile division of the American manufacturer General Motors (GM). Louis Chevrolet and ousted General Motors founder William C. Durant started the company on November 3, 1911 as the Chevrolet Motor Car Company. Durant used the Chevrolet Motor Car Company to acquire a controlling stake in General Motors with a reverse merger occurring on May 2, 1918 and propelled himself back to the GM presidency. After Durant's second ousting | 4,379 | wow-train |
I absolutely love to go to the ballet, do you? | has evolved in a number of distinct ways. See glossary of ballet.
A ballet, a work, consists of the choreography and music for a ballet production. Ballets are choreographed and performed by trained ballet dancers. Traditional classical ballets are usually performed with classical music accompaniment and use elaborate costumes and staging, whereas modern ballets, such as the neoclassical works of American choreographer George Balanchine, often are performed in simple costumes (e.g., leotards and tights) and without the use of elaborate sets or scenery.
Etymology. | undetected for 36 minutes on a course heading due east toward Washington, D.C.
8:58: Flight 175 takes a heading toward New York City.
8:59: Flight 175 passenger Brian Sweeney leaves a message via airphone to his wife Julie:
Jules, this is Brian listen, I'm on an airplane that's been hijacked. If things don't go well, and it's not looking good, I just want you to know I absolutely love you, I want you to do good, go have good times, | 4,380 | wow-train |
Do you know about tiny house movement?
I know that that is a movement that encourages people to live in small functional houses
It's encouraged due to the growing world population especially in the united states
Yes i totally understand the cause, i think its interesting, but they are really extremely small, tell me more, i am interested now
Smaller households are encouraged .To save money in growing housing cost.
Yes they are, i have heard of that shipping-container houses, thats more acceptable for me i thing, they are a little bigger. have you heard of them? | Affordable housing
Affordable housing is housing which is deemed affordable to those with a median household income or below as rated by the national government or a local government by a recognized housing affordability index. Most of the literature on affordable housing refers to mortgages and number of forms that exist along a continuum – from emergency shelters, to transitional housing, to non-market rental (also known as social or subsidized housing), to formal and informal rental, indigenous housing, and ending with affordable home ownership.
In Australia, | "When you're comfortable with someone and they know you well, it's really easy to make music that you enjoy and are excited about. It's really exciting that she's featured on this record and hopefully the world loves it, 'cause I think it's time that they all get to know who Emily Warren is," Pall explained.
Composition.
"Side Effects" is an upbeat, disco-tinged funky house and house-pop song. It features a "slapping bassline and soft lead melody | 4,381 | wow-train |
I wear glasses but don't know anything about them, can you tell me more?
They are also known as eyeglasses or spectacles, are devices consisting of glass or hard plastic lenses mounted in a frame that holds them in front of a person's eyes,
Ok that cool
Safety glasses provide eye protection against flying debris
when was the first glass invented
Not really sure yet ,but Glasses are typically used for vision correction, such as with reading glasses
you have mentioned safety glasses and reading glasses what other types are out there? | , and may protect one's eyes against damage from excessive levels of ultraviolet light. Typical sunglasses lenses are tinted for protection against bright light or polarized to remove glare; Photochromatic glasses are clear in dark or indoor conditions, but turn into sunglasses when in they come in contact with Ultraviolet light. Most over the counter sunglasses do not have corrective power in the lenses; however, special prescription sunglasses can be made.
Specialized glasses may be used for viewing specific visual information, for example 3D glasses for 3D films (stereoscopy | Glasses
Glasses, also known as eyeglasses or spectacles, are devices consisting of glass or hard plastic lenses mounted in a frame that holds them in front of a person's eyes, typically using a bridge over the nose and arms which rest over the ears.
Glasses are typically used for vision correction, such as with reading glasses and glasses used for nearsightedness.
Safety glasses provide eye protection against flying debris for construction workers or lab technicians; these glasses may have protection for the sides of the eyes as well as | 4,382 | wow-train |
Do you think that vegan diets reduce the chronic heart disease?
Yes - vegan diets avoid the bad fats that are associated with heart disease.
I have vegan friends and some of them are ethical vegans.
What is an ethical vegan as opposed to a regular vegan? | not only follow a vegan diet but extend the philosophy into other areas of their lives, and oppose the use of animals for any purpose. Another term is "environmental veganism", which refers to the avoidance of animal products on the premise that the industrial farming of animals is environmentally damaging and unsustainable.
Well-planned vegan diets are regarded as appropriate for all stages of life, including during infancy and pregnancy, by the American Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, Dietitians of Canada, Australian National Health and Medical Research Council | -based pet food and the ethical problems it poses for vegans, some vegans extend their philosophy to include the diets of pets. This is particularly true for domesticated cats and dogs, for which vegan pet food is both available and nutritionally complete, such as Vegepet. However, this practice has been met with caution and criticism, especially toward vegan cat diets due to felids being obligate carnivores. Furthermore, although nutritionally complete vegan pet diets are comparable to meat-based ones for cats and dogs, many commercial vegan pet food | 4,383 | wow-train |
I love to cook! How about you?
Yeah, I think its an art, science and craft for making food .
My favorite thing to make is homemade pizza! What do you like to make?
I like to try new things. There are different skill levels and types of training one can take also.
Yes absolutely. I'm only an amateur cook.
In South American, the dish ceviche is fish that is cooked with just lelmon or lime juice. cold
Wow, really? It's not cooked at all? | and other food establishments. Cooking can also occur through chemical reactions without the presence of heat, such as in ceviche, a traditional South American dish where fish is cooked with the acids in lemon or lime juice.
Preparing food with heat or fire is an activity unique to humans. It may have started around 2 million years ago, though archaeological evidence for it reaches no more than 1 million years ago.
The expansion of agriculture, commerce, trade, and transportation between civilizations in different regions offered cooks many new | . So that can be studying botany, or organic science, or astronomy and really trying to extract the things that make us who we are by studying those different things and magnifying those things. The things that make us the same, basically, verses the things that make us different. Which is what I think I spend a lot of time doing. When I in my teens, it was all about, you know, "Well how am I different?" My way of thinking is like this, and these | 4,384 | wow-train |
I love swimming, especially in fresh or salt water.
I do as well but prefer a pool
I do not like pools due to the structure design to hold water.
oh well I love to swim in a nice structured pool
I do prefer an above ground pool than an in ground pool.
oh why is that? | or fiberglass, and can be of a custom size and shape or built to a standardized size, the largest of which is the Olympic-size swimming pool.
Many health clubs, fitness centers, and private clubs have pools used mostly for exercise or recreation. Many towns and cities provide public pools. Many hotels have pools available for their guests to use at their leisure. Educational facilities such as high schools and universities sometimes have pools for physical education classes, recreational activities, leisure, and competitive athletics such as swimming | Swimming pool
A swimming pool, swimming bath, wading pool, or paddling pool is a structure designed to hold water to enable swimming or other leisure activities. Pools can be built into the ground (in-ground pools) or built above ground (as a freestanding construction or as part of a building or other larger structure), and are also a common feature aboard ocean-liners and cruise ships. In-ground pools are most commonly constructed from materials such as concrete, natural stone, metal, plastic, | 4,385 | wow-train |
Hey, do you know anything about Narcissism?
I have some personal acquaintances who suffer from Narcissism.
Really? Who in your family, what are they like?
They don't know they suffer from it. They always have to have situations look good on them, no matter who they throw under the bus. Its exhausting. | Narcissism
Narcissism is the pursuit of gratification from vanity or egotistic admiration of one's idealised self image and attributes. The term originated from Greek mythology, where the young Narcissus fell in love with his own image reflected in a pool of water. Narcissism is a concept in psychoanalytic theory, which was popularly introduced in Sigmund Freud's essay "On Narcissism" (1914). The American Psychiatric Association has listed the classification narcissistic personality disorder in its "Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders" (DSM) since 1968, | their dismissals, in December 2011 on "The Howard Stern Show": "Some people don't really know who they are. And you have to know who you are when you're in something like this. You can't pretend to be something you're not. You have to know your brand. You can't be all things to everyone." Osbourne replied to criticism about the refusal to inform Remini and Peete why they were let go, rhetorically stating, "Why should we call them to discuss?" | 4,386 | wow-train |
Hey there! Do you have any dogs? I have a pit bull, shes 6 years old now I think
No. I don't have a dog. How is her temperment?
Hers is okay, shes had some anxiety issues and can be destructive to my belongings and house, and my other dog (husky) does not do this, so thats hard to deal with. I keep her seperated from everyone just incase, I dont want her to bit anyone | as "pit bulls" by shelters. Many of these breeds were originally developed as fighting dogs from crossbreeding bull-baiting dogs (used to hold the faces and heads of larger animals such as bulls) and terriers. After the use of dogs in blood sports was banned, such dogs were used as catch dogs in the United States for semi-wild cattle and hogs, to hunt and drive livestock, and as family companions. Despite dog fighting now being illegal in the United States, it still exists as an underground | its kind. Most hairless dogs do best with a buddy to accompany them because, like many dogs, Bolivian Hairless Dogs have little tolerance for being alone, so if you have intensive plans leaving the house for, let's say 9 – 15 hours or something like that, make sure your dog has a companion to insure separation anxiety does not occur. Do not let this dog develop small dog syndrome, where a dog believes it is the pack leader, which can cause behavioral issues.
Common health issues. | 4,387 | wow-train |
I love cooking. Do you like to cook? | Chez Panisse
Chez Panisse is a Berkeley, California, restaurant, known as one of the inspirations for the style of cooking known as California cuisine. Restaurateur, author and food activist Alice Waters opened Chez Panisse in 1971 with film producer Paul Aratow, then professor of comparative literature at the University of California, Berkeley. The restaurant emphasises ingredients rather than technique and has developed a supply network of direct relationships with local farmers, ranchers and dairies.
History.
In 1971, Paul Aratow and Alice Waters founded Chez Panisse | John Rich (Vicky McGehee)
- "I Love 'em All" – Shannon Brown (Shannon Brown, Vicky McGehee)
- "I Love the Way You Do That" – Lonestar (Don Cook, Wally Wilson)
- "I Love You Like That" – John Rich (Big Kenny, Rodney Clawson)
- "I Play Chicken with the Train" – Cowboy Troy with Big & Rich (Angie Aparo, Cowboy Troy)
- "I Pray for You" – Big Kenny, John | 4,388 | wow-train |
I am a big fan of Isaiah Rashad's work. Are you familiar with Rashad?
Yes, the hip hop recording artist and record producer is one of my favorite artists.
Do you know when he got his start? I have only recently been following him
Rashad began taking rapping seriously in tenth grade, so its quite a long time ago!
I would say so. Does have any awards?
On September 2, 2016, he released his debut studio album, "The Sun's Tirade", to widespread critical acclaim, which is sort of an award!
I really like his style. Does he mention any particular influences on his music? | Isaiah Rashad
Isaiah Rashad McClain (born May 16, 1991) is an American rapper, singer, songwriter and record producer from Chattanooga, Tennessee. Rashad began taking rapping seriously in the tenth grade, where he and his friends would record on laptops. He spent the next few years recording at local recording studios. His first big break would be touring with rappers Juicy J, Joey Badass and Smoke DZA among others, on the 2012 Smoker's Club Tour. He is also a founding member of the Chattanooga hip hop | while they listened to Too $hort and Scarface. Then one day when Rashad was three, his father left. Rashad briefly had ambitions of becoming a preacher, until his stepbrother lent him a copy of OutKast's "ATLiens" in junior high, and his mindset shifted. Shortly after, Rashad started spending most of his time rapping.
Musical career.
Musical career 2009–2012: Beginnings.
Rashad first began rapping seriously in tenth grade, while he and his friends would record on laptops. After high school, he | 4,389 | wow-train |
Hi. Do you eat meat? I am vegan and don't eat or use anything made from animals
I do eat meat, but I completely respect vegans and vegetarians. I recently read that some vegans don't even keep pets because they view it as oppressive. | not only follow a vegan diet but extend the philosophy into other areas of their lives, and oppose the use of animals for any purpose. Another term is "environmental veganism", which refers to the avoidance of animal products on the premise that the industrial farming of animals is environmentally damaging and unsustainable.
Well-planned vegan diets are regarded as appropriate for all stages of life, including during infancy and pregnancy, by the American Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, Dietitians of Canada, Australian National Health and Medical Research Council | and cream, all of which are eschewed by vegans.
In the modern Buddhist world, attitudes toward vegetarianism vary by location. In China and Vietnam, monks typically eat no meat, with other restrictions as well. In Japan or Korea some schools do not eat meat, while most do. Theravadins in Sri Lanka and Southeast Asia do not practice vegetarianism. All Buddhists however, including monks, are allowed to practice vegetarianism if they wish to do so. states that "There are no accurate statistics, but I would | 4,390 | wow-train |
Seems a lot of people have been covering Radio Heads "Creep" lately and I love it!
Yes, i love that song. When was it made?
They released the song in 1992, for me that seems like yesterday.
Who is the lead singer of Radio Head? | Radiohead
Radiohead are an English rock band formed in Abingdon-on-Thames in 1985. The band consists of Thom Yorke (vocals, guitar, piano, keyboards), brothers Jonny Greenwood (lead guitar, keyboards, other instruments) and Colin Greenwood (bass), Ed O'Brien (guitar, backing vocals) and Philip Selway (drums, percussion). They have worked with producer Nigel Godrich and cover artist Stanley Donwood since 1994.
After signing to EMI in 1991, Radiohead released their debut single "Creep | 'm coming, today I'm also going... Perhaps I'll stay, yesterday that wasn't for me, today I need endless love") but still adamant that they know what's best for them ("No-one can tell me what is best... and who is best... because I know exactly"). The song is a mainstay of Nena's live concerts and seems to be particularly popular with female fans although it is not uncommon for Nena to interrupt her performance of the song, apparently to laugh | 4,391 | wow-train |
I love icecream! I eat it often as a snack or dessert
I like it sometimes too. soft serve is the best.
It is usually made from dairy such as milk and cream and often combined with fruits or other ingrediants.
I like vanilla or chocolate chip.
I like anything chocolate! It usually sweetened with sugar or sugar substitutes.
Chocolate too, but not as much as vanilla. | ice crystals from forming. The result is a smooth, semi-solid foam that is solid at very low temperatures (below ). It becomes more malleable as its temperature increases.
The meaning of the name "ice cream" varies from one country to another. Terms such as "frozen custard," "frozen yogurt," "sorbet," "gelato," and others are used to distinguish different varieties and styles. In some countries, such as the United States, "ice cream" applies only | Ice cream
Ice cream (derived from earlier iced cream or cream ice) is a sweetened frozen food typically eaten as a snack or dessert. It may be made from dairy milk or cream, or soy, cashew, coconut or almond milk, and is flavored with a sweetener, either sugar or an alternative, and any spice, such as cocoa or vanilla. Colourings are usually added, in addition to stabilizers. The mixture is stirred to incorporate air spaces and cooled below the freezing point of water to prevent detectable | 4,392 | wow-train |
I would love to visit Rome, but I do not know what I would want to see first.
well, rome is a famous tourist destination because of its incalculable immensity of archaeological and art treasures
Is Rome where the Colosseum is?
Yes in fact it is, its also the capital of italy
Is Vatican City part of Rome, as well?
Yes Vatican city is a sovereign state located within the city of Rome.
I find their ancient history very fascinating. | Ancient history
Ancient history as a term refers to the aggregate of past events from the beginning of writing and recorded human history and extending as far as the post-classical history. The phrase may be used either to refer to the period of time or the academic discipline.
The span of recorded history is roughly 5,000 years, beginning with Sumerian Cuneiform script; the oldest discovered form of coherent writing from the protoliterate period around the 30th century BC. Ancient History covers all continents inhabited by humans in the 3,000 BC – | Tourism in Rome
Rome today is one of the most important tourist destinations of the world, due to the incalculable immensity of its archaeological and art treasures, as well as for the charm of its unique traditions, the beauty of its panoramic views, and the majesty of its magnificent "villas" (parks). Among the most significant resources: plenty of museums – (Capitoline Museums, the Vatican Museums, Galleria Borghese, and a great many others)—aqueducts, fountains, churches, palaces, historical buildings, the monuments and | 4,393 | wow-train |
Hey, I love roses. They're my favorite flower. Whats yours? | Rose
A rose is a woody perennial flowering plant of the genus Rosa, in the family Rosaceae, or the flower it bears. There are over three hundred species and thousands of cultivars. They form a group of plants that can be erect shrubs, climbing, or trailing, with stems that are often armed with sharp prickles. Flowers vary in size and shape and are usually large and showy, in colours ranging from white through yellows and reds. Most species are native to Asia, with smaller numbers native to Europe | Cyndi Lauper and Boy George as overall influences and Grace Jones and Peggy Moffitt as her beauty icons. She also stated: "Artists I love, like Siouxsie Sioux and Patti Smith, have such radically different ways of embodying femininity, but they're both amazing punk women. The true heart of feminism isn't about meeting other people's expectations around your body or your gender." She considers her favorite song to be "Oh Bondage Up Yours!" by X-Ray Spex.
She courted mild controversy in 2006 | 4,394 | wow-train |
Im not a perfectionist, not very good at stuff.
i am defenetly a perfectionist. Perfectionism, in psychology, is a personality trait characterized by a person's striving for flawlessness and setting
yea it seems very hard. | Perfectionism (psychology)
Perfectionism, in psychology, is a personality trait characterized by a person's striving for flawlessness and setting high performance standards, accompanied by critical self-evaluations and concerns regarding others' evaluations. It is best conceptualized as a multidimensional characteristic, as psychologists agree that there are many positive and negative aspects. In its maladaptive form, perfectionism drives people to attempt to achieve unattainable ideals or unrealistic goals, often leading to depression and low self-esteem. By contrast, adaptive perfectionism can motivate people to reach | Perfectionism
Perfectionism may refer to:
- Perfectionism (psychology), a personality trait
- Perfectionism (philosophy), a persistence of will
- Christian perfection, doctrine associated with John Wesley
- Perfectionist movement; see Oneida Community, a Christian sect
- "Perfectionist" (album), by Natalia Kills
See also.
- Perfection (disambiguation) | 4,395 | wow-train |
hello, i just got into into it and I do enjoy horseback riding | Equestrianism
Equestrianism (from Latin , , , 'horseman', 'horse'), more often known as horse riding (British English) or horseback riding (American English), refers to the skill and sport of riding, driving, steeplechasing or vaulting with horses. This broad description includes the use of horses for practical working purposes, transportation, recreational activities, artistic or cultural exercises, and competitive sport.
Overview of equestrian activities.
Horses are trained and ridden for practical working purposes, such as in | owing to involvements in the riots in 1915, embarking on a tour of Europe, with World War I raging. He remained in Europe for five years, spending most of that time in England and France, attended Christ's College, Cambridge to study agriculture. Kotelawala was known as an aggressive and outspoken man who loved sports, horseback riding and cricket and, particularly as a young man, got into physical fights when he was insulted. He was fluent in Sinhala, English and French. After returning to Ceylon, he | 4,396 | wow-train |
I can't believe that American Eagles Outfitters was founded in 1977.by 2 brothers, Jerry and Mark Silverman.
Oh wow! That is a long time! I did not know that either.
In 1991 they sold their ownership interest to Jacob Price of Knoxville.
Where was the first one opened at? | American Eagle Outfitters
American Eagle Outfitters, Inc., now known as simply American Eagle, is an American lifestyle clothing and accessories retailer, headquartered in the Southside Works Neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It was founded in 1977 by brothers Jerry and Mark Silverman as a subsidiary of Retail Ventures, Inc., a company which also owned and operated Silverman's Menswear. The Silvermans sold their ownership interests in 1991 to Jacob Price of Knoxville, Tennessee. American Eagle Outfitters is also the parent company of Aerie.
The brand targets male | Outfitters, selling their other retail chains. At that time, there were 137 American Eagle Outfitters stores in 36 different states.
Despite the plans for quick growth after the reorganization, American Eagle Outfitters opened only 16 new stores by 1991 and the company was losing money. At this point, the Schottensteins, who had been 50% owners of the chain since 1980, bought out the founding Silverman family's interest. This change in leadership resulted in American Eagle finding its present niche: casual clothing for men and women selling | 4,397 | wow-train |
Vegetarian totally abstain from eating flesh of meat or fish
Yeah , so I learnt.what makes a person a vegetarian?
People adopt vegetarianism because of health, religious or social issues
How how is the religious issues related to a vegetarian?
Some people become vegetarians because of respect to life. Some religion teaches respect to life in any form
So what about the health factor relating to a vegetarian? | aesthetic, economic, or personal preference. There are variations of the diet as well: an ovo-lacto vegetarian diet includes both eggs and dairy products, an ovo-vegetarian diet includes eggs but not dairy products, and a lacto-vegetarian diet includes dairy products but not eggs. A strict vegetarian diet – referred to as "vegan" – excludes all animal products, including eggs and dairy. Avoidance of animal products may require dietary supplements to prevent deficiencies such as vitamin B12 deficiency, which leads to pernicious anemia. | influenced people include veganism, veganism without root vegetables, lacto-ovo vegetarianism, and pescetarianism. Taoist vegetarians also tend to abstain from alcohol and pungent vegetables such as garlic and onions during lenten days. Non-vegetarian Taoists sometimes abstain from beef and water buffalo meat for many cultural reasons.
Vegetarianism in the Taoist tradition is similar to that of Lent in the Christian tradition. While highly religious people such as monks may be vegetarian, vegan or pescetarian on a permanent basis, lay practitioners often eat vegetarian on the 1st ( | 4,398 | wow-train |
I'm a cord-cutter! That means I don't have a cable television subscription, instead I watch television online using services like Netflix and Hulu.
Oh cool, I've heard of that. It seems to be gaining popularity
Yeah, I like it because it's either free or much cheaper than a monthly cable bill
Oh wow, that makes me want to try it | As a market trend, a growing number of "cord cutters" do not pay for subscription television in favor of some combination of broadband Internet and IPTV, digital video recorders, digital terrestrial television and/or free-to-air satellite television broadcasts. A related group, the cord-nevers, have never used commercial cable for television service, relying on internet sources from the start. A number of purely internet television services, part of the wider IPTV concept, have emerged to cater to these groups.
In Q3'2018 | Cord-cutting
In broadcast television, cord-cutting refers to the pattern of viewers, referred to as cord-cutters, cancelling their subscriptions to multichannel subscription television services available over cable or satellite, dropping pay television channels or reducing the number of hours of subscription TV viewed in response to competition from rival media available over the Internet such as Amazon Prime, Crunchyroll, Hulu, Netflix, Philo, Sling TV and YouTube Premium. This Internet content is either free or significantly cheaper than the same content provided via cable. | 4,399 | wow-train |
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